diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/String.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/String.java
index 847d58e819a..59a2181ae0e 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/String.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/String.java
@@ -1752,7 +1752,6 @@ public final class String
      */
     public byte[] getBytes(String charsetName)
             throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
-        if (charsetName == null) throw new NullPointerException();
         return encode(lookupCharset(charsetName), coder(), value);
     }