diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/type/CharacterTypeHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/type/CharacterTypeHandler.java
index 102db2b669a..50229c2cf78 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/type/CharacterTypeHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/type/CharacterTypeHandler.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public void setNonNullParameter(PreparedStatement ps, int i, Character parameter
   @Override
   public Character getNullableResult(ResultSet rs, String columnName) throws SQLException {
     String columnValue = rs.getString(columnName);
-    if (columnValue != null) {
+    if (columnValue != null && !columnValue.isEmpty()) {
       return columnValue.charAt(0);
     } else {
       return null;
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public Character getNullableResult(ResultSet rs, String columnName) throws SQLEx
   @Override
   public Character getNullableResult(ResultSet rs, int columnIndex) throws SQLException {
     String columnValue = rs.getString(columnIndex);
-    if (columnValue != null) {
+    if (columnValue != null && !columnValue.isEmpty()) {
       return columnValue.charAt(0);
     } else {
       return null;
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public Character getNullableResult(ResultSet rs, int columnIndex) throws SQLExce
   @Override
   public Character getNullableResult(CallableStatement cs, int columnIndex) throws SQLException {
     String columnValue = cs.getString(columnIndex);
-    if (columnValue != null) {
+    if (columnValue != null && !columnValue.isEmpty()) {
       return columnValue.charAt(0);
     } else {
       return null;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/type/CharacterTypeHandlerTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/type/CharacterTypeHandlerTest.java
index 924ed489e8a..363f02bda8c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/type/CharacterTypeHandlerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/type/CharacterTypeHandlerTest.java
@@ -88,4 +88,24 @@ public void shouldGetResultNullFromCallableStatement() throws Exception {
     verify(cs, never()).wasNull();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testEmptyStringGetStringByName() throws Exception {
+    when(rs.getString("column")).thenReturn("");
+    assertNull(TYPE_HANDLER.getResult(rs, "column"));
+    verify(rs, never()).wasNull();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testEmptyStringGetStringByIndex() throws Exception {
+    when(rs.getString(1)).thenReturn("");
+    assertNull(TYPE_HANDLER.getResult(rs, 1));
+    verify(rs, never()).wasNull();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testEmptyStringCallableStatementGetStringByIndex() throws Exception {
+    when(cs.getString(1)).thenReturn("");
+    assertNull(TYPE_HANDLER.getResult(cs, 1));
+    verify(cs, never()).wasNull();
+  }
 }