diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser-v2-converter/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/converter/SwaggerConverter.java b/modules/swagger-parser-v2-converter/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/converter/SwaggerConverter.java
index 3eb1f5a7f9..21b5de1e4c 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser-v2-converter/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/converter/SwaggerConverter.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser-v2-converter/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/converter/SwaggerConverter.java
@@ -966,7 +966,9 @@ private Schema convert(Property schema) {
         }else {
 
             result = Json.mapper().convertValue(schema, Schema.class);
-            result.setExample(schema.getExample());
+            if (schema.getExample() != null) {
+                result.setExample(schema.getExample());
+            }
 
             if ("object".equals(schema.getType()) && (result.getProperties() != null) && (result.getProperties().size() > 0)) {
                 Map<String, Schema> properties = new LinkedHashMap<>();
@@ -1182,7 +1184,9 @@ public Schema convert(io.swagger.models.Model v2Model) {
             ComposedModel composedModel = (ComposedModel) v2Model;
             ComposedSchema composed = new ComposedSchema();
             composed.setDescription(composedModel.getDescription());
-            composed.setExample(composedModel.getExample());
+            if(composedModel.getExample()!= null) {
+                composed.setExample(composedModel.getExample());
+            }
             if (composedModel.getExternalDocs() != null) {
                 composed.setExternalDocs(convert(composedModel.getExternalDocs()));
             }