diff --git a/extensions/resteasy-common/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/common/deployment/ResteasyCommonProcessor.java b/extensions/resteasy-common/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/common/deployment/ResteasyCommonProcessor.java
index be6a952417e85f..8dab005134ac33 100644
--- a/extensions/resteasy-common/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/common/deployment/ResteasyCommonProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/resteasy-common/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/common/deployment/ResteasyCommonProcessor.java
@@ -527,8 +527,12 @@ private static boolean collectDeclaredProvidersForMethodAndMediaTypeAnnotation(S
                 return true;
             }
         }
+        String[] mediaTypes = { MediaType.WILDCARD };
+        if (mediaTypeMethodAnnotationInstance.value() != null) {
+            mediaTypes = mediaTypeMethodAnnotationInstance.value().asStringArray();
+        }
         if (collectDeclaredProvidersForMediaTypeAnnotationInstance(providersToRegister, categorizedProviders,
-                mediaTypeMethodAnnotationInstance.value().asStringArray(), methodTarget)) {
+                mediaTypes, methodTarget)) {
             return true;
         }