fix for mastership race condition on 1.0 branch

Change-Id: I213b292c283ddf3082cdfbd2f37cb5c34791e5a1

@@ -614,7 +614,11 @@ public class DeviceManager
             }
             }
 
 
             // device is connected to this node:
             // device is connected to this node:
+            if (store.getDevice(did) != null) {
                 reassertRole(did, myNextRole);
                 reassertRole(did, myNextRole);
+            } else {
+                log.warn("Device is not yet/no longer in the store: {}", did);
+            }
         }
         }
     }
     }