diff --git a/jvm/jvm-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/logging/LoggingPlaceholderUtil.kt b/jvm/jvm-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/logging/LoggingPlaceholderUtil.kt
index 0975056502e5..cd00129e3a40 100644
--- a/jvm/jvm-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/logging/LoggingPlaceholderUtil.kt
+++ b/jvm/jvm-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/logging/LoggingPlaceholderUtil.kt
@@ -346,6 +346,10 @@ private fun countFormattedBasedPlaceholders(holders: List<LoggingStringPartEvalu
     return PlaceholderCountResult(emptyList(), PlaceholdersStatus.ERROR_TO_PARSE_STRING)
   }
 
+  if (validators.any { it == null }) {
+    return PlaceholderCountResult(emptyList(), PlaceholdersStatus.ERROR_TO_PARSE_STRING)
+  }
+
   val placeholderRangeList = validators.map { metaValidator ->
     PlaceholderRanges(
       if (metaValidator is FormatDecode.MultiValidator) metaValidator.validators.map { validator -> validator.range }