diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/error/AbstractErrorWebExceptionHandler.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/error/AbstractErrorWebExceptionHandler.java
index e662a499fb..0044f6c309 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/error/AbstractErrorWebExceptionHandler.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/error/AbstractErrorWebExceptionHandler.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractErrorWebExceptionHandler
 	 */
 	protected boolean isTraceEnabled(ServerRequest request) {
 		String parameter = request.queryParam("trace").orElse("false");
-		return !"false".equals(parameter.toLowerCase());
+		return !"false".equalsIgnoreCase(parameter);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/error/AbstractErrorController.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/error/AbstractErrorController.java
index 1a76f641ac..e0bbaf22a7 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/error/AbstractErrorController.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/error/AbstractErrorController.java
@@ -76,10 +76,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractErrorController implements ErrorController {
 
 	protected boolean getTraceParameter(HttpServletRequest request) {
 		String parameter = request.getParameter("trace");
-		if (parameter == null) {
-			return false;
-		}
-		return !"false".equals(parameter.toLowerCase());
+		return !"false".equalsIgnoreCase(parameter);
 	}
 
 	protected HttpStatus getStatus(HttpServletRequest request) {