diff --git a/powerauth-restful-security-spring-annotation/src/main/java/io/getlime/security/powerauth/rest/api/spring/provider/PowerAuthEncryptionProviderBase.java b/powerauth-restful-security-spring-annotation/src/main/java/io/getlime/security/powerauth/rest/api/spring/provider/PowerAuthEncryptionProviderBase.java
index 0760b73e..04b100b4 100644
--- a/powerauth-restful-security-spring-annotation/src/main/java/io/getlime/security/powerauth/rest/api/spring/provider/PowerAuthEncryptionProviderBase.java
+++ b/powerauth-restful-security-spring-annotation/src/main/java/io/getlime/security/powerauth/rest/api/spring/provider/PowerAuthEncryptionProviderBase.java
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ public abstract class PowerAuthEncryptionProviderBase {
                 throw new PowerAuthEncryptionException();
             }
 
+            if (eciesRequest == null) {
+                logger.warn("Deserialization of request body bytes resulted in null value.");
+                throw new PowerAuthEncryptionException();
+            }
+
             // Prepare ephemeral public key
             final String ephemeralPublicKey = eciesRequest.getEphemeralPublicKey();
             final String encryptedData = eciesRequest.getEncryptedData();