diff --git a/bindings/java/capstone/Capstone.java b/bindings/java/capstone/Capstone.java
index a15fc63944..a5468e0b03 100644
--- a/bindings/java/capstone/Capstone.java
+++ b/bindings/java/capstone/Capstone.java
@@ -358,6 +358,8 @@ protected class NativeStruct {
       private NativeLongByReference handleRef;
   }
 
+  private static final CsInsn[] EMPTY_INSN = new CsInsn[0];
+
   protected NativeStruct ns; // for memory retention
   private CS cs;
   public int arch;
@@ -434,7 +436,7 @@ public int close() {
    * 
    * @param code The source machine code bytes.
    * @param address The address of the first machine code byte.
-   * @return the array of successfully disassembled instructions, null if no instruction could be disassembled.
+   * @return the array of successfully disassembled instructions, empty if no instruction could be disassembled.
    */
   public CsInsn[] disasm(byte[] code, long address) {
     return disasm(code, address, 0);
@@ -447,7 +449,7 @@ public CsInsn[] disasm(byte[] code, long address) {
    * @param code The source machine code bytes.
    * @param address The address of the first machine code byte.
    * @param count The maximum number of instructions to disassemble, 0 for no maximum.
-   * @return the array of successfully disassembled instructions, null if no instruction could be disassembled.
+   * @return the array of successfully disassembled instructions, empty if no instruction could be disassembled.
    */
   public CsInsn[] disasm(byte[] code, long address, long count) {
     PointerByReference insnRef = new PointerByReference();
@@ -455,7 +457,7 @@ public CsInsn[] disasm(byte[] code, long address, long count) {
     NativeLong c = cs.cs_disasm(ns.csh, code, new NativeLong(code.length), address, new NativeLong(count), insnRef);
     
     if (0 == c.intValue()) {
-    	return null;
+    	return EMPTY_INSN;
     }
     
     Pointer p = insnRef.getValue();