diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtils.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtils.java
index 80a996d481f..269257fd602 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtils.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtils.java
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ public abstract class StringUtils {
 
 		int totalLength = coll.size() * (prefix.length() + suffix.length()) + (coll.size() - 1) * delim.length();
 		for (Object element : coll) {
-			totalLength += element.toString().length();
+			totalLength += String.valueOf(element).length();
 		}
 
 		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(totalLength);
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtilsTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtilsTests.java
index 2aae6260dd0..2b46f73a56a 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtilsTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtilsTests.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.util;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
@@ -777,4 +778,9 @@ class StringUtilsTests {
 		assertThat(StringUtils.split(null, null)).isNull();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void collectionToDelimitedStringWithNullValuesShouldNotFail() {
+		assertThat(StringUtils.collectionToCommaDelimitedString(Collections.singletonList(null))).isEqualTo("null");
+	}
+
 }