Index: java/org/apache/el/util/ReflectionUtil.java =================================================================== --- java/org/apache/el/util/ReflectionUtil.java (revision 1428352) +++ java/org/apache/el/util/ReflectionUtil.java (working copy) @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ boolean noMatch = false; for (int i = 0; i < mParamCount; i++) { // Can't be null - if (mParamTypes[i].equals(paramTypes[i])) { + if (paramTypes[i] == null || mParamTypes[i].equals(paramTypes[i])) { exactMatch++; } else if (i == (mParamCount - 1) && m.isVarArgs()) { Class varType = mParamTypes[i].getComponentType();