diff --git a/config/pitest-suppressions/pitest-filters-suppressions.xml b/config/pitest-suppressions/pitest-filters-suppressions.xml
index 93116cfbabc..44c8c4f69c4 100644
--- a/config/pitest-suppressions/pitest-filters-suppressions.xml
+++ b/config/pitest-suppressions/pitest-filters-suppressions.xml
@@ -162,15 +162,6 @@
     <lineContent>tagMessageRegexp = null;</lineContent>
   </mutation>
 
-  <mutation unstable="false">
-    <sourceFile>SuppressionXpathSingleFilter.java</sourceFile>
-    <mutatedClass>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.filters.SuppressionXpathSingleFilter</mutatedClass>
-    <mutatedMethod>setMessage</mutatedMethod>
-    <mutator>org.pitest.mutationtest.engine.gregor.mutators.experimental.MemberVariableMutator</mutator>
-    <description>Removed assignment to member variable message</description>
-    <lineContent>this.message = null;</lineContent>
-  </mutation>
-
   <mutation unstable="false">
     <sourceFile>XpathFilterElement.java</sourceFile>
     <mutatedClass>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.filters.XpathFilterElement</mutatedClass>
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/filters/SuppressionXpathSingleFilterTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/filters/SuppressionXpathSingleFilterTest.java
index 3906f9b9fcd..18e90f7def0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/filters/SuppressionXpathSingleFilterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/filters/SuppressionXpathSingleFilterTest.java
@@ -492,6 +492,47 @@ public void testUpdateFilterChecksSettingInRunTime() throws Exception {
                 .isTrue();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This test is required to cover pitest mutation
+     * for reset of 'message' field in SuppressionXpathSingleFilter.
+     * This not possible to reproduce by natural execution of Checkstyle
+     * as config is never changed in runtime.
+     * Projects that use us by api can reproduce this case.
+     * We need to allow users to reset module property to default state.
+     *
+     * @throws Exception when there is problem to load Input file
+     */
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSetMessageHandlesNullCorrectly() throws Exception {
+        final File file = new File(getPath("InputSuppressionXpathSingleFilterComplexQuery.java"));
+
+        final SuppressionXpathSingleFilter filter = new SuppressionXpathSingleFilter();
+        filter.setMessage("MagicNumber");
+        filter.finishLocalSetup();
+
+        final Violation violation = new Violation(27, 21, TokenTypes.NUM_DOUBLE, "",
+                "", null, null, null,
+                MagicNumberCheck.class, "MagicNumber");
+
+        final FileContents fileContents =
+                new FileContents(new FileText(file, StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name()));
+
+        final TreeWalkerAuditEvent ev = new TreeWalkerAuditEvent(fileContents, file.getName(),
+                violation, JavaParser.parseFile(file, JavaParser.Options.WITHOUT_COMMENTS));
+
+        assertWithMessage("match is expected as 'message' is set")
+                .that(filter.accept(ev))
+                .isFalse();
+
+        filter.setMessage(null);
+        filter.finishLocalSetup();
+
+        assertWithMessage("no match is expected as whole filter is defaulted (empty)")
+                .that(filter.accept(ev))
+                .isTrue();
+    }
+
     private static SuppressionXpathSingleFilter createSuppressionXpathSingleFilter(
             String files, String checks, String message, String moduleId, String query) {
         final SuppressionXpathSingleFilter filter = new SuppressionXpathSingleFilter();