diff --git a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SpelMessage.java b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SpelMessage.java
index d9ae1a2efb..3f89bed512 100644
--- a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SpelMessage.java
+++ b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SpelMessage.java
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ public enum SpelMessage {
 	OPERAND_NOT_DECREMENTABLE(Kind.ERROR,1067,"the expression component ''{0}'' does not support decrement"), //
 	NOT_ASSIGNABLE(Kind.ERROR,1068,"the expression component ''{0}'' is not assignable"), //
 	MISSING_CHARACTER(Kind.ERROR,1069,"missing expected character ''{0}''"),
-	LEFT_OPERAND_PROBLEM(Kind.ERROR,1070, "Problem parsing left operand");
+	LEFT_OPERAND_PROBLEM(Kind.ERROR,1070, "Problem parsing left operand"),
+	MISSING_SELECTION_EXPRESSION(Kind.ERROR, 1071, "A required selection expression has not been specified");
 
 	private Kind kind;
 	private int code;
diff --git a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/Selection.java b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/Selection.java
index 7489c6ba69..710e975921 100644
--- a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/Selection.java
+++ b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/Selection.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 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.
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.springframework.expression.TypedValue;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelEvaluationException;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelMessage;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 
@@ -54,7 +55,9 @@ public class Selection extends SpelNodeImpl {
 	private final boolean nullSafe;
 
 	public Selection(boolean nullSafe, int variant,int pos,SpelNodeImpl expression) {
-		super(pos,expression);
+		super(pos, expression != null ? new SpelNodeImpl[] { expression }
+				: new SpelNodeImpl[] {});
+		Assert.notNull(expression, "Expression must not be null");
 		this.nullSafe = nullSafe;
 		this.variant = variant;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/InternalSpelExpressionParser.java b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/InternalSpelExpressionParser.java
index c243b5d7f4..7915a3c015 100644
--- a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/InternalSpelExpressionParser.java
+++ b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/InternalSpelExpressionParser.java
@@ -557,6 +557,9 @@ class InternalSpelExpressionParser extends TemplateAwareExpressionParser {
 		}
 		nextToken();
 		SpelNodeImpl expr = eatExpression();
+		if(expr == null) {
+			raiseInternalException(toPos(t), SpelMessage.MISSING_SELECTION_EXPRESSION);
+		}
 		eatToken(TokenKind.RSQUARE);
 		if (t.kind==TokenKind.SELECT_FIRST) {
 			constructedNodes.push(new Selection(nullSafeNavigation,Selection.FIRST,toPos(t),expr));
diff --git a/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SpelReproTests.java b/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SpelReproTests.java
index 549b44aa53..62e00b0eb3 100644
--- a/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SpelReproTests.java
+++ b/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SpelReproTests.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -1744,6 +1745,14 @@ public class SpelReproTests extends ExpressionTestCase {
 		parseExpression.getValue(context);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void SPR_10328() throws Exception {
+		thrown.expect(SpelParseException.class);
+		thrown.expectMessage("EL1071E:(pos 2): A required selection expression has not been specified");
+		Expression exp = parser.parseExpression("$[]");
+		exp.getValue(Arrays.asList("foo", "bar", "baz"));
+	}
+
 	public static class BooleanHolder {
 
 		private Boolean simpleProperty = true;