diff --git a/hutool-core/src/main/java/cn/hutool/core/io/file/PathUtil.java b/hutool-core/src/main/java/cn/hutool/core/io/file/PathUtil.java
index c14cfa206..ff270d304 100644
--- a/hutool-core/src/main/java/cn/hutool/core/io/file/PathUtil.java
+++ b/hutool-core/src/main/java/cn/hutool/core/io/file/PathUtil.java
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public class PathUtil {
 	 * @since 4.4.2
 	 */
 	public static boolean del(Path path) throws IORuntimeException {
-		if (Files.notExists(path)) {
+		if (null == path || Files.notExists(path)) {
 			return true;
 		}
 
diff --git a/hutool-core/src/test/java/cn/hutool/core/io/file/PathUtilTest.java b/hutool-core/src/test/java/cn/hutool/core/io/file/PathUtilTest.java
index f032816de..88e68cd14 100644
--- a/hutool-core/src/test/java/cn/hutool/core/io/file/PathUtilTest.java
+++ b/hutool-core/src/test/java/cn/hutool/core/io/file/PathUtilTest.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
 
@@ -93,4 +94,11 @@ public class PathUtilTest {
 	public void moveTest2(){
 		PathUtil.move(Paths.get("D:\\project\\test1.txt"), Paths.get("D:\\project\\test2.txt"), false);
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	@Disabled
+	public void delNullDirTest() {
+		Path path = null;
+		assertTrue(PathUtil.del(path));
+	}
 }