diff --git a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/namedparam/NamedParameterJdbcTemplate.java b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/namedparam/NamedParameterJdbcTemplate.java
index d3ccb11fe2..8a36d20923 100644
--- a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/namedparam/NamedParameterJdbcTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/namedparam/NamedParameterJdbcTemplate.java
@@ -436,6 +436,7 @@ public class NamedParameterJdbcTemplate implements NamedParameterJdbcOperations
 	 * @return a representation of the parsed SQL statement
 	 */
 	protected ParsedSql getParsedSql(String sql) {
+		Assert.notNull(sql, "SQL must not be null");
 		return this.parsedSqlCache.get(sql);
 	}