diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/kotlin/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/server/ServerRequestExtensions.kt b/spring-webflux/src/main/kotlin/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/server/ServerRequestExtensions.kt
index 86e37675f187..e9f05cc73f27 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/kotlin/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/server/ServerRequestExtensions.kt
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/kotlin/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/server/ServerRequestExtensions.kt
@@ -173,15 +173,7 @@ fun ServerRequest.attributeOrNull(name: String): Any? = attributes()[name]
  */
 fun ServerRequest.queryParamOrNull(name: String): String? {
 	val queryParamValues = queryParams()[name]
-	return if (CollectionUtils.isEmpty(queryParamValues)) {
-		null
-	} else {
-		var value: String? = queryParamValues!![0]
-		if (value == null) {
-			value = ""
-		}
-		value
-	}
+	return if (queryParamValues.isNullOrEmpty()) null else queryParamValues[0] ?: ""
 }
 
 /**