diff --git a/cbor/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/cbor/CBORParser.java b/cbor/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/cbor/CBORParser.java
index f9963b0d4..f6299c4c6 100644
--- a/cbor/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/cbor/CBORParser.java
+++ b/cbor/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/cbor/CBORParser.java
@@ -1679,7 +1679,10 @@ public int getTextLength() throws IOException
                     || (_currToken == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT)) {
                 return getNumberValue().toString().length();
             }
-            return _currToken.asCharArray().length;
+            final char[] ch = _currToken.asCharArray();
+            if (ch != null) {
+                return ch.length;
+            }
         }
         return 0;
     }
diff --git a/ion/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/ion/IonParser.java b/ion/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/ion/IonParser.java
index 494c757af..9e11b2d12 100644
--- a/ion/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/ion/IonParser.java
+++ b/ion/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/ion/IonParser.java
@@ -314,7 +314,8 @@ public char[] getTextCharacters() throws IOException {
 
     @Override
     public int getTextLength() throws IOException {
-        return getText().length();
+        String str = getText();
+        return (str == null) ? 0 : str.length();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/protobuf/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/protobuf/ProtobufParser.java b/protobuf/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/protobuf/ProtobufParser.java
index 229491939..01c6ae98b 100644
--- a/protobuf/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/protobuf/ProtobufParser.java
+++ b/protobuf/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/protobuf/ProtobufParser.java
@@ -1373,13 +1373,15 @@ public int getTextLength() throws IOException
                 return _textBuffer.size();
             case FIELD_NAME:
                 return _parsingContext.getCurrentName().length();
-                // fall through
             case VALUE_NUMBER_INT:
             case VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT:
                 return getNumberValue().toString().length();
-
             default:
-                return _currToken.asCharArray().length;
+                // fall through
+            }
+            final char[] ch = _currToken.asCharArray();
+            if (ch != null) {
+                return ch.length;
             }
         }
         return 0;
diff --git a/smile/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/smile/SmileParser.java b/smile/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/smile/SmileParser.java
index d85ab72b3..c27ce3602 100644
--- a/smile/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/smile/SmileParser.java
+++ b/smile/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/smile/SmileParser.java
@@ -1139,7 +1139,10 @@ public int getTextLength() throws IOException
                 // TODO: optimize
                 return getNumberValue().toString().length();
             }
-            return _currToken.asCharArray().length;
+            final char[] ch = _currToken.asCharArray();
+            if (ch != null) {
+                return ch.length;
+            }
         }
         return 0;
     }
diff --git a/smile/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/smile/async/NonBlockingParserBase.java b/smile/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/smile/async/NonBlockingParserBase.java
index 8753d5ce4..4d06d200a 100644
--- a/smile/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/smile/async/NonBlockingParserBase.java
+++ b/smile/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/smile/async/NonBlockingParserBase.java
@@ -328,7 +328,11 @@ public int getTextLength() throws IOException
         case JsonTokenId.ID_NOT_AVAILABLE:
             return 0; // or throw exception?
         default:
-            return _currToken.asCharArray().length;
+            final char[] ch = _currToken.asCharArray();
+            if (ch != null) {
+                return ch.length;
+            }
+            return 0;
         }
     }