diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ObjectUtils.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ObjectUtils.java
index 06dd448d76c6..8fc02a1a2b98 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ObjectUtils.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ObjectUtils.java
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public static Object unwrapOptional(@Nullable Object obj) {
 	 * @return whether the element has been found in the given array
 	 */
 	public static boolean containsElement(@Nullable Object[] array, Object element) {
-		if (array == null) {
+		if (isEmpty(array)) {
 			return false;
 		}
 		for (Object arrayEle : array) {
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtils.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtils.java
index 718f276794cc..b3e99ea30de8 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtils.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtils.java
@@ -166,16 +166,11 @@ public static boolean hasLength(@Nullable String str) {
 	 */
 	@Contract("null -> false")
 	public static boolean hasText(@Nullable CharSequence str) {
-		if (str == null) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		int strLen = str.length();
-		if (strLen == 0) {
+		if (isEmpty(str)) {
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		for (int i = 0; i < strLen; i++) {
+		for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++) {
 			if (!Character.isWhitespace(str.charAt(i))) {
 				return true;
 			}