diff --git a/components/camel-cdi/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/cdi/internal/CamelContextBean.java b/components/camel-cdi/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/cdi/internal/CamelContextBean.java
index 3411d3dee8067..7e97f66bffd50 100644
--- a/components/camel-cdi/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/cdi/internal/CamelContextBean.java
+++ b/components/camel-cdi/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/cdi/internal/CamelContextBean.java
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public Class<?> getBeanClass() {
 
     @Override
     public Set<Class<? extends Annotation>> getStereotypes() {
-        return null;
+        return new HashSet<Class<? extends Annotation>>();
     }
 
     @Override