#IGNITE Added message on init stop.
diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/MarshallerContextImpl.java b/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/MarshallerContextImpl.java
index 48f24ac..9f7c983 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/MarshallerContextImpl.java
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/MarshallerContextImpl.java
@@ -124,10 +124,18 @@
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     @Override protected String className(int id) throws IgniteCheckedException {
-        if (cache == null)
+        GridCacheAdapter<Integer, String> cache0 = cache;
+
+        if (cache0 == null) {
             U.awaitQuiet(latch);
 
-        String clsName = cache.get(id);
+            cache0 = cache;
+
+            if (cache0 == null)
+                throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to initialize marshaller context (grid is stopping).");
+        }
+
+        String clsName = cache0.get(id);
 
         if (clsName == null) {
             File file = new File(workDir, id + ".classname");
diff --git a/modules/core/src/test/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/processors/cache/GridCacheDaemonNodeStopSelfTest.java b/modules/core/src/test/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/processors/cache/GridCacheDaemonNodeStopSelfTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c56ad1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core/src/test/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/processors/cache/GridCacheDaemonNodeStopSelfTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.cache;
+
+import org.apache.ignite.configuration.*;
+import org.apache.ignite.internal.*;
+import org.apache.ignite.spi.discovery.tcp.*;
+import org.apache.ignite.spi.discovery.tcp.ipfinder.*;
+import org.apache.ignite.spi.discovery.tcp.ipfinder.vm.*;
+import org.apache.ignite.testframework.*;
+import org.apache.ignite.testframework.junits.common.*;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.*;
+
+import static org.apache.ignite.cache.CacheAtomicityMode.*;
+import static org.apache.ignite.cache.CacheMode.*;
+
+/**
+ * Test cache operations with daemon node.
+ */
+public class GridCacheDaemonNodeStopSelfTest extends GridCommonAbstractTest {
+    /** */
+    private static TcpDiscoveryIpFinder ipFinder = new TcpDiscoveryVmIpFinder(true);
+
+    /** Daemon flag. */
+    protected boolean daemon;
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override protected void beforeTest() throws Exception {
+        super.beforeTest();
+
+        daemon = false;
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override protected IgniteConfiguration getConfiguration(String gridName) throws Exception {
+        IgniteConfiguration c = super.getConfiguration(gridName);
+
+        c.setDaemon(daemon);
+
+        TcpDiscoverySpi disco = new TcpDiscoverySpi();
+
+        disco.setIpFinder(ipFinder);
+
+        c.setDiscoverySpi(disco);
+
+        c.setConnectorConfiguration(null);
+
+        CacheConfiguration cc = defaultCacheConfiguration();
+
+        cc.setCacheMode(LOCAL);
+        cc.setAtomicityMode(ATOMIC);
+
+        TransactionConfiguration cfg = new TransactionConfiguration();
+
+        c.setTransactionConfiguration(cfg);
+
+        c.setCacheConfiguration(cc);
+
+        return c;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @throws Exception If failed.
+     */
+    public void testStartStop() throws Exception {
+        try {
+            daemon = true;
+
+            final IgniteEx daemonNode = startGrid(0);
+
+            final IgniteInternalFuture<Object> f = GridTestUtils.runAsync(new Callable<Object>() {
+                @Override public Object call() throws Exception {
+                    daemonNode.context().marshallerContext().getClass(1,
+                        GridCacheDaemonNodeStopSelfTest.class.getClassLoader());
+
+                    return null;
+                }
+            });
+
+            GridTestUtils.assertThrowsWithCause(new Callable<Object>() {
+                @Override public Object call() throws Exception {
+                    f.get(300);
+
+                    return null;
+                }
+            }, IgniteFutureTimeoutCheckedException.class);
+
+            // Stop grid.
+            stopGrid(0);
+
+            GridTestUtils.assertThrowsWithCause(new Callable<Object>() {
+                @Override public Object call() throws Exception {
+                    f.get(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+
+                    return null;
+                }
+            }, IllegalStateException.class);
+        }
+        finally {
+            stopAllGrids();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/modules/core/src/test/java/org/apache/ignite/testsuites/IgniteCacheTestSuite3.java b/modules/core/src/test/java/org/apache/ignite/testsuites/IgniteCacheTestSuite3.java
index 5947d33..b83f50f 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/test/java/org/apache/ignite/testsuites/IgniteCacheTestSuite3.java
+++ b/modules/core/src/test/java/org/apache/ignite/testsuites/IgniteCacheTestSuite3.java
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
         suite.addTestSuite(GridCacheDaemonNodeLocalSelfTest.class);
         suite.addTestSuite(GridCacheDaemonNodePartitionedSelfTest.class);
         suite.addTestSuite(GridCacheDaemonNodeReplicatedSelfTest.class);
+        suite.addTestSuite(GridCacheDaemonNodeStopSelfTest.class);
 
         // Write-behind.
         suite.addTest(IgniteCacheWriteBehindTestSuite.suite());