diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-services/nifi-record-serialization-services-bundle/nifi-record-serialization-services/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/csv/JacksonCSVRecordReader.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-services/nifi-record-serialization-services-bundle/nifi-record-serialization-services/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/csv/JacksonCSVRecordReader.java
index 91cca81097..a25df65812 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-services/nifi-record-serialization-services-bundle/nifi-record-serialization-services/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/csv/JacksonCSVRecordReader.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-services/nifi-record-serialization-services-bundle/nifi-record-serialization-services/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/csv/JacksonCSVRecordReader.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class JacksonCSVRecordReader implements RecordReader {
         CsvSchema csvSchema = csvSchemaBuilder.build();
 
         // Add remaining config options to the mapper
-        List<CsvParser.Feature> features = new ArrayList<>(3);
+        List<CsvParser.Feature> features = new ArrayList<>();
         features.add(CsvParser.Feature.INSERT_NULLS_FOR_MISSING_COLUMNS);
         if (csvFormat.getIgnoreEmptyLines()) {
             features.add(CsvParser.Feature.SKIP_EMPTY_LINES);
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public class JacksonCSVRecordReader implements RecordReader {
 
         ObjectReader objReader = mapper.readerFor(String[].class)
                 .with(csvSchema)
-                .withFeatures(features.toArray(new CsvParser.Feature[3]));
+                .withFeatures(features.toArray(new CsvParser.Feature[features.size()]));
 
         recordStream = objReader.readValues(reader);
     }
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-services/nifi-record-serialization-services-bundle/nifi-record-serialization-services/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/csv/TestJacksonCSVRecordReader.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-services/nifi-record-serialization-services-bundle/nifi-record-serialization-services/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/csv/TestJacksonCSVRecordReader.java
index 9e085949bf..66486eef1a 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-services/nifi-record-serialization-services-bundle/nifi-record-serialization-services/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/csv/TestJacksonCSVRecordReader.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-services/nifi-record-serialization-services-bundle/nifi-record-serialization-services/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/csv/TestJacksonCSVRecordReader.java
@@ -123,6 +123,29 @@ public class TestJacksonCSVRecordReader {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testExcelFormat() throws IOException, MalformedRecordException {
+        final List<RecordField> fields = new ArrayList<RecordField>();
+        fields.add(new RecordField("fieldA", RecordFieldType.STRING.getDataType()));
+        fields.add(new RecordField("fieldB", RecordFieldType.STRING.getDataType()));
+        final RecordSchema schema = new SimpleRecordSchema(fields);
+
+        final String headerLine = "fieldA,fieldB";
+        final String inputRecord = "valueA,valueB";
+        final String csvData = headerLine + "\n" + inputRecord;
+        final byte[] inputData = csvData.getBytes();
+
+        try (final InputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(inputData);
+            final JacksonCSVRecordReader reader = createReader(bais, schema, CSVFormat.EXCEL)) {
+
+            final Object[] record = reader.nextRecord().getValues();
+            final Object[] expectedValues = new Object[] {"valueA", "valueB"};
+            Assert.assertArrayEquals(expectedValues, record);
+
+            assertNull(reader.nextRecord());
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testMultipleRecords() throws IOException, MalformedRecordException {
         final List<RecordField> fields = getDefaultFields();