diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractResult.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractResult.java
index b8a6ee802f..a4875e40ae 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractResult.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractResult.java
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ abstract class AbstractResult<R extends Record> extends AbstractFormattable impl
         }
     }
 
-    private static final void formatJSON0(Object value, Writer writer, JSONFormat format) throws java.io.IOException {
+    static final void formatJSON0(Object value, Writer writer, JSONFormat format) throws java.io.IOException {
 
         // [#2741] TODO: This logic will be externalised in new SPI
         if (value instanceof byte[]) { byte[] a = (byte[]) value;
@@ -651,6 +651,11 @@ abstract class AbstractResult<R extends Record> extends AbstractFormattable impl
         int recordLevel,
         Writer writer
     ) throws java.io.IOException {
+        if (record == null) {
+            writer.append("null");
+            return;
+        }
+
         String separator = "";
         int size = fields.size();
         boolean wrapRecords = format.wrapSingleColumnRecords() || size > 1;
@@ -699,6 +704,11 @@ abstract class AbstractResult<R extends Record> extends AbstractFormattable impl
         int recordLevel,
         Writer writer
     ) throws java.io.IOException {
+        if (record == null) {
+            writer.append("null");
+            return;
+        }
+
         String separator = "";
         int size = fields.size();
         boolean wrapRecords = format.wrapSingleColumnRecords() || size > 1;