diff --git a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/JSON.java b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/JSON.java
index 6159c72b1b..f037d0d081 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/JSON.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/JSON.java
@@ -460,9 +460,6 @@ public static <T> T parseObject(byte[] bytes, int offset, int len,
                     IOUtils.close(gzipReader);
                 }
             }
-            if (strVal == null && chars_len < 0) {
-                return null;
-            }
 
             if (strVal == null) {
                 strVal = new String(chars, 0, chars_len);