diff --git a/dell/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/dell/ecs/EcsURI.java b/dell/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/dell/ecs/EcsURI.java
index f5d2022e0bda..3f895972f732 100644
--- a/dell/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/dell/ecs/EcsURI.java
+++ b/dell/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/dell/ecs/EcsURI.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class EcsURI {
   private final String name;
 
   EcsURI(String location) {
-    Preconditions.checkNotNull(location == null, "Location %s can not be null", location);
+    Preconditions.checkNotNull(location, "Location can not be null");
 
     this.location = location;
 
diff --git a/dell/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/dell/ecs/TestEcsURI.java b/dell/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/dell/ecs/TestEcsURI.java
index ec56e76bb717..6566dc25f92f 100644
--- a/dell/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/dell/ecs/TestEcsURI.java
+++ b/dell/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/dell/ecs/TestEcsURI.java
@@ -59,4 +59,11 @@ public void testInvalidLocation() {
         .isInstanceOf(ValidationException.class)
         .hasMessage("Invalid ecs location: http://bucket/a");
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testNullLocation() {
+    assertThatThrownBy(() -> new EcsURI(null))
+        .isInstanceOf(NullPointerException.class)
+        .hasMessage("Location can not be null");
+  }
 }