diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/YamlProcessor.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/YamlProcessor.java
index e0d332027f0f..90e41550cebb 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/YamlProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/YamlProcessor.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ private boolean process(MatchCallback callback, Yaml yaml, Resource resource) {
 			}
 			try (Reader reader = new UnicodeReader(resource.getInputStream())) {
 				for (Object object : yaml.loadAll(reader)) {
-					if (object != null && process(asMap(object), callback)) {
+					if (process(asMap(object), callback)) {
 						count++;
 						if (this.resolutionMethod == ResolutionMethod.FIRST_FOUND) {
 							break;