diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/PropertyEditorRegistrySupport.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/PropertyEditorRegistrySupport.java
index 23cb769cc3c..1ec21c582db 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/PropertyEditorRegistrySupport.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/PropertyEditorRegistrySupport.java
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ public class PropertyEditorRegistrySupport implements PropertyEditorRegistry {
 
 	private boolean configValueEditorsActive = false;
 
-	private @Nullable Map<Class<?>, PropertyEditor> defaultEditors;
+	@SuppressWarnings("NullAway.Init")
+	private Map<Class<?>, PropertyEditor> defaultEditors;
 
 	private @Nullable Map<Class<?>, PropertyEditor> overriddenDefaultEditors;
 
@@ -171,7 +172,6 @@ public class PropertyEditorRegistrySupport implements PropertyEditorRegistry {
 	 * @return the default editor, or {@code null} if none found
 	 * @see #registerDefaultEditors
 	 */
-	@SuppressWarnings("NullAway")
 	public @Nullable PropertyEditor getDefaultEditor(Class<?> requiredType) {
 		if (!this.defaultEditorsActive) {
 			return null;
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/BeanDefinitionStoreException.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/BeanDefinitionStoreException.java
index 780f10bbb12..9f7330dec9e 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/BeanDefinitionStoreException.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/BeanDefinitionStoreException.java
@@ -100,9 +100,11 @@ public class BeanDefinitionStoreException extends FatalBeanException {
 	 * @param cause the root cause (may be {@code null})
 	 */
 	public BeanDefinitionStoreException(
-			@Nullable String resourceDescription, String beanName, String msg, @Nullable Throwable cause) {
+			@Nullable String resourceDescription, String beanName, @Nullable String msg, @Nullable Throwable cause) {
 
-		super("Invalid bean definition with name '" + beanName + "' defined in " + resourceDescription + ": " + msg,
+		super(msg == null ?
+						"Invalid bean definition with name '" + beanName + "' defined in " + resourceDescription :
+						"Invalid bean definition with name '" + beanName + "' defined in " + resourceDescription + ": " + msg,
 				cause);
 		this.resourceDescription = resourceDescription;
 		this.beanName = beanName;
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/AbstractFactoryBean.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/AbstractFactoryBean.java
index d3b6364e2d2..b6a2417cef0 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/AbstractFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/AbstractFactoryBean.java
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractFactoryBean<T>
 
 	private boolean initialized = false;
 
-	private @Nullable T singletonInstance;
+	@SuppressWarnings("NullAway.Init")
+	private T singletonInstance;
 
 	private @Nullable T earlySingletonInstance;
 
@@ -146,7 +147,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractFactoryBean<T>
 	 * @see #getEarlySingletonInterfaces()
 	 */
 	@Override
-	@SuppressWarnings("NullAway")
 	public final T getObject() throws Exception {
 		if (isSingleton()) {
 			return (this.initialized ? this.singletonInstance : getEarlySingletonInstance());
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/PlaceholderConfigurerSupport.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/PlaceholderConfigurerSupport.java
index 4c6035d3c92..6380f164bbe 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/PlaceholderConfigurerSupport.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/PlaceholderConfigurerSupport.java
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ public abstract class PlaceholderConfigurerSupport extends PropertyResourceConfi
 		this.beanFactory = beanFactory;
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings("NullAway")
 	protected void doProcessProperties(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactoryToProcess,
 			StringValueResolver valueResolver) {
 
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/PropertyPathFactoryBean.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/PropertyPathFactoryBean.java
index 6ef0b5f81cb..a07977819ae 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/PropertyPathFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/PropertyPathFactoryBean.java
@@ -89,13 +89,15 @@ public class PropertyPathFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<Object>, BeanNameAwa
 
 	private @Nullable BeanWrapper targetBeanWrapper;
 
-	private @Nullable String targetBeanName;
+	@SuppressWarnings("NullAway.Init")
+	private String targetBeanName;
 
 	private @Nullable String propertyPath;
 
 	private @Nullable Class<?> resultType;
 
-	private @Nullable String beanName;
+	@SuppressWarnings("NullAway.Init")
+	private String beanName;
 
 	private @Nullable BeanFactory beanFactory;
 
@@ -156,7 +158,6 @@ public class PropertyPathFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<Object>, BeanNameAwa
 
 
 	@Override
-	@SuppressWarnings("NullAway")
 	public void setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) {
 		this.beanFactory = beanFactory;
 
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/groovy/GroovyBeanDefinitionReader.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/groovy/GroovyBeanDefinitionReader.java
index cbc2ed07e3c..d2891033363 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/groovy/GroovyBeanDefinitionReader.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/groovy/GroovyBeanDefinitionReader.java
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ public class GroovyBeanDefinitionReader extends AbstractBeanDefinitionReader imp
 		}
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings("NullAway")
+	@SuppressWarnings("NullAway") // Dataflow analysis limitation
 	private GroovyDynamicElementReader createDynamicElementReader(String namespace) {
 		XmlReaderContext readerContext = this.groovyDslXmlBeanDefinitionReader.createReaderContext(
 				new DescriptiveResource("Groovy"));
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/ConstructorResolver.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/ConstructorResolver.java
index d3c2bee08bb..d219fb56f5b 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/ConstructorResolver.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/ConstructorResolver.java
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class ConstructorResolver {
 	 * or {@code null} if none (-> use constructor argument values from bean definition)
 	 * @return a BeanWrapper for the new instance
 	 */
-	@SuppressWarnings("NullAway")
+	@SuppressWarnings("NullAway") // Dataflow analysis limitation
 	public BeanWrapper autowireConstructor(String beanName, RootBeanDefinition mbd,
 			Constructor<?> @Nullable [] chosenCtors, @Nullable Object @Nullable [] explicitArgs) {
 
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ class ConstructorResolver {
 	 * method, or {@code null} if none (-> use constructor argument values from bean definition)
 	 * @return a BeanWrapper for the new instance
 	 */
-	@SuppressWarnings("NullAway")
+	@SuppressWarnings("NullAway") // Dataflow analysis limitation
 	public BeanWrapper instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(
 			String beanName, RootBeanDefinition mbd, @Nullable Object @Nullable [] explicitArgs) {
 
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultListableBeanFactory.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultListableBeanFactory.java
index 692ffcb2d5f..e43cd3d1848 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultListableBeanFactory.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultListableBeanFactory.java
@@ -1499,7 +1499,7 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 		return doResolveDependency(descriptor, requestingBeanName, autowiredBeanNames, typeConverter);
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings("NullAway")
+	@SuppressWarnings("NullAway") // Dataflow analysis limitation
 	public @Nullable Object doResolveDependency(DependencyDescriptor descriptor, @Nullable String beanName,
 			@Nullable Set<String> autowiredBeanNames, @Nullable TypeConverter typeConverter) throws BeansException {
 
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java
index da7e299ef22..70f36d3b1dc 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ public class DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry extends SimpleAliasRegistry implements
 	 * with, if necessary
 	 * @return the registered singleton object
 	 */
-	@SuppressWarnings("NullAway")
+	@SuppressWarnings("NullAway") // Dataflow analysis limitation
 	public Object getSingleton(String beanName, ObjectFactory<?> singletonFactory) {
 		Assert.notNull(beanName, "Bean name must not be null");
 
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/GenericTypeAwareAutowireCandidateResolver.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/GenericTypeAwareAutowireCandidateResolver.java
index 81d4b201cb8..a7b53716989 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/GenericTypeAwareAutowireCandidateResolver.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/GenericTypeAwareAutowireCandidateResolver.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class GenericTypeAwareAutowireCandidateResolver extends SimpleAutowireCan
 	 * Match the given dependency type with its generic type information against the given
 	 * candidate bean definition.
 	 */
-	@SuppressWarnings("NullAway")
+	@SuppressWarnings("NullAway") // Dataflow analysis limitation
 	protected boolean checkGenericTypeMatch(BeanDefinitionHolder bdHolder, DependencyDescriptor descriptor) {
 		ResolvableType dependencyType = descriptor.getResolvableType();
 		if (dependencyType.getType() instanceof Class) {
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java
index a70a17d7192..c12a588ee0c 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public class SimpleInstantiationStrategy implements InstantiationStrategy {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	@SuppressWarnings("NullAway")
+	@SuppressWarnings("NullAway") // https://github.com/uber/NullAway/issues/1113
 	public Object instantiate(RootBeanDefinition bd, @Nullable String beanName, BeanFactory owner,
 			@Nullable Object factoryBean, Method factoryMethod, @Nullable Object... args) {
 
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.java
index d97c69d7622..be5b2b8a71f 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.java
@@ -407,7 +407,6 @@ public class BeanDefinitionParserDelegate {
 	 * if there were errors during parse. Errors are reported to the
 	 * {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.ProblemReporter}.
 	 */
-	@SuppressWarnings("NullAway")
 	public @Nullable BeanDefinitionHolder parseBeanDefinitionElement(Element ele, @Nullable BeanDefinition containingBean) {
 		String id = ele.getAttribute(ID_ATTRIBUTE);
 		String nameAttr = ele.getAttribute(NAME_ATTRIBUTE);
@@ -457,7 +456,8 @@ public class BeanDefinitionParserDelegate {
 					}
 				}
 				catch (Exception ex) {
-					error(ex.getMessage(), ele);
+					String message = ex.getMessage();
+					error(message == null ? "" : message, ele);
 					return null;
 				}
 			}