diff --git a/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/convert/QueryByExamplePredicateBuilder.java b/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/convert/QueryByExamplePredicateBuilder.java
index fc47f221ce..e24aeded0e 100644
--- a/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/convert/QueryByExamplePredicateBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/convert/QueryByExamplePredicateBuilder.java
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ static List<Predicate> getPredicates(String path, CriteriaBuilder cb, Path<?> fr
 			Optional<Object> optionalValue = transformer
 					.apply(Optional.ofNullable(beanWrapper.getPropertyValue(attribute.getName())));
 
-			if (!optionalValue.isPresent()) {
+			if (optionalValue.isEmpty()) {
 
 				if (exampleAccessor.getNullHandler().equals(ExampleMatcher.NullHandler.INCLUDE)) {
 					predicates.add(cb.isNull(from.get(attribute)));