diff --git a/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/driver/jdbc/ArrowDatabaseMetadata.java b/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/driver/jdbc/ArrowDatabaseMetadata.java
index d68b8070e2bb7..da8e32bbb994d 100644
--- a/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/driver/jdbc/ArrowDatabaseMetadata.java
+++ b/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/driver/jdbc/ArrowDatabaseMetadata.java
@@ -754,7 +754,11 @@ private <T> T getSqlInfoAndCacheIfCacheIsEmpty(final SqlInfo sqlInfoCommand,
   }
 
   private String convertListSqlInfoToString(final List<?> sqlInfoList) {
-    return sqlInfoList.stream().map(Object::toString).collect(Collectors.joining(", "));
+    if (sqlInfoList == null) {
+      return "";
+    } else {
+      return sqlInfoList.stream().map(Object::toString).collect(Collectors.joining(", "));
+    }
   }
 
   private boolean getSqlInfoEnumOptionAndCacheIfCacheIsEmpty(
diff --git a/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/driver/jdbc/ArrowDatabaseMetadataTest.java b/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/driver/jdbc/ArrowDatabaseMetadataTest.java
index 0d930f4c44e1f..51334c77486bf 100644
--- a/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/driver/jdbc/ArrowDatabaseMetadataTest.java
+++ b/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/driver/jdbc/ArrowDatabaseMetadataTest.java
@@ -95,9 +95,14 @@
 public class ArrowDatabaseMetadataTest {
   public static final boolean EXPECTED_MAX_ROW_SIZE_INCLUDES_BLOBS = false;
   private static final MockFlightSqlProducer FLIGHT_SQL_PRODUCER = new MockFlightSqlProducer();
+  private static final MockFlightSqlProducer FLIGHT_SQL_PRODUCER_EMPTY_SQLINFO =
+      new MockFlightSqlProducer();
   @ClassRule
   public static final FlightServerTestRule FLIGHT_SERVER_TEST_RULE = FlightServerTestRule
       .createStandardTestRule(FLIGHT_SQL_PRODUCER);
+  @ClassRule
+  public static final FlightServerTestRule FLIGHT_SERVER_EMPTY_SQLINFO_TEST_RULE =
+      FlightServerTestRule.createStandardTestRule(FLIGHT_SQL_PRODUCER_EMPTY_SQLINFO);
   private static final int ROW_COUNT = 10;
   private static final List<List<Object>> EXPECTED_GET_CATALOGS_RESULTS =
       range(0, ROW_COUNT)
@@ -604,7 +609,7 @@ public static void setUpBeforeClass() throws SQLException {
 
   @AfterClass
   public static void tearDown() throws Exception {
-    AutoCloseables.close(connection, FLIGHT_SQL_PRODUCER);
+    AutoCloseables.close(connection, FLIGHT_SQL_PRODUCER, FLIGHT_SQL_PRODUCER_EMPTY_SQLINFO);
   }
 
 
@@ -1420,4 +1425,16 @@ public void testSqlToRegexLike() {
     Assert.assertEquals("\\*", ArrowDatabaseMetadata.sqlToRegexLike("*"));
     Assert.assertEquals("T\\*E.S.*T", ArrowDatabaseMetadata.sqlToRegexLike("T*E_S%T"));
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testEmptySqlInfo() throws Exception {
+    try (final Connection testConnection = FLIGHT_SERVER_EMPTY_SQLINFO_TEST_RULE.getConnection(false)) {
+      final DatabaseMetaData metaData = testConnection.getMetaData();
+      collector.checkThat(metaData.getSQLKeywords(), is(""));
+      collector.checkThat(metaData.getNumericFunctions(), is(""));
+      collector.checkThat(metaData.getStringFunctions(), is(""));
+      collector.checkThat(metaData.getSystemFunctions(), is(""));
+      collector.checkThat(metaData.getTimeDateFunctions(), is(""));
+    }
+  }
 }