diff --git a/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/logging/FuryLogger.java b/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/logging/FuryLogger.java
index 748204127d..f99b48b831 100644
--- a/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/logging/FuryLogger.java
+++ b/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/logging/FuryLogger.java
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ private void log(int level, String msg, Object[] args, boolean mayPrintTrace) {
     builder.append(":").append(lineNumber);
     builder.append(" [").append(Thread.currentThread().getName()).append(']');
     builder.append(" - ");
+    if (msg == null) {
+      msg = "null";
+    }
     int len = msg.length();
     int count = 0;
     for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
diff --git a/java/fury-core/src/test/java/org/apache/fury/logging/Slf4jLoggerTest.java b/java/fury-core/src/test/java/org/apache/fury/logging/Slf4jLoggerTest.java
index a10226af3f..32c0d9163c 100644
--- a/java/fury-core/src/test/java/org/apache/fury/logging/Slf4jLoggerTest.java
+++ b/java/fury-core/src/test/java/org/apache/fury/logging/Slf4jLoggerTest.java
@@ -35,5 +35,6 @@ public void testInfo() {
     furyLogger.info("testInfo {}", "placeHolder");
     furyLogger.warn("testInfo {}", "placeHolder");
     furyLogger.error("testInfo {}", "placeHolder", new Exception("test log"));
+    furyLogger.error(null, new Exception("test log"));
   }
 }