diff --git a/java/libphonenumber/src/com/google/i18n/phonenumbers/ParsingOptions.java b/java/libphonenumber/src/com/google/i18n/phonenumbers/ParsingOptions.java
index 5e83a46258..1fc1ceb7ec 100644
--- a/java/libphonenumber/src/com/google/i18n/phonenumbers/ParsingOptions.java
+++ b/java/libphonenumber/src/com/google/i18n/phonenumbers/ParsingOptions.java
@@ -30,10 +30,7 @@ public class ParsingOptions {
   public boolean hasDefaultRegion() { return hasDefaultRegion; }
   public String getDefaultRegion() { return defaultRegion_; }
   public ParsingOptions setDefaultRegion(String value) {
-    if (value == null) {
-      throw new NullPointerException();
-    }
-    hasDefaultRegion = true;
+    hasDefaultRegion = (value != null);
     defaultRegion_ = value;
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/java/libphonenumber/src/com/google/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil.java b/java/libphonenumber/src/com/google/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil.java
index 6de3061a0f..c09370c8d5 100644
--- a/java/libphonenumber/src/com/google/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil.java
+++ b/java/libphonenumber/src/com/google/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil.java
@@ -3142,6 +3142,10 @@ private boolean checkRegionForParsing(CharSequence numberToParse, String default
   public PhoneNumber parse(CharSequence numberToParse, String defaultRegion)
       throws NumberParseException {
     PhoneNumber phoneNumber = new PhoneNumber();
+    parseWithOptions(
+      numberToParse,
+      new ParsingOptions().setDefaultRegion(defaultRegion),
+      phoneNumber);
     parseWithOptions(
       numberToParse,
       new ParsingOptions().setDefaultRegion(defaultRegion),
@@ -3161,6 +3165,10 @@ public void parse(CharSequence numberToParse, String defaultRegion, PhoneNumber
       numberToParse,
       new ParsingOptions().setDefaultRegion(defaultRegion),
       phoneNumber);
+    parseWithOptions(
+      numberToParse,
+      new ParsingOptions().setDefaultRegion(defaultRegion),
+      phoneNumber);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -3182,6 +3190,10 @@ public void parse(CharSequence numberToParse, String defaultRegion, PhoneNumber
   public PhoneNumber parseAndKeepRawInput(CharSequence numberToParse, String defaultRegion)
       throws NumberParseException {
     PhoneNumber phoneNumber = new PhoneNumber();
+    parseWithOptions(
+      numberToParse,
+      new ParsingOptions().setKeepRawInput(true).setDefaultRegion(defaultRegion),
+      phoneNumber);
     parseWithOptions(
       numberToParse,
       new ParsingOptions().setKeepRawInput(true).setDefaultRegion(defaultRegion),
@@ -3249,18 +3261,6 @@ public void parseWithOptions(CharSequence numberToParse, ParsingOptions options,
     parseHelper(numberToParse, options.getDefaultRegion(), options.isKeepRawInput(), true, phoneNumber);
   }
 
-  public PhoneNumber parseWithOptions(CharSequence numberToParse, ParsingOptions options)
-      throws NumberParseException {
-    PhoneNumber phoneNumber = new PhoneNumber();
-    parseHelper(numberToParse, options.getDefaultRegion(), options.hasKeepRawInput(), options.hasDefaultRegion(), phoneNumber);
-    return phoneNumber;
-  }
-
-  public void parseWithOptions(CharSequence numberToParse, ParsingOptions options, PhoneNumber phoneNumber)
-      throws NumberParseException {
-        parseHelper(numberToParse, options.getDefaultRegion(), options.hasKeepRawInput(), options.hasDefaultRegion(), phoneNumber);
-      }
-
   /**
    * Returns an iterable over all {@link PhoneNumberMatch PhoneNumberMatches} in {@code text}. This
    * is a shortcut for {@link #findNumbers(CharSequence, String, Leniency, long)