diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonPath.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonPath.java
index 01c7db03a..ded9bf14f 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonPath.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonPath.java
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ public <T> T set(Object jsonObject, Object newVal, Configuration configuration)
         if (evaluationContext.getPathList().isEmpty()) {
             boolean optSuppressExceptions = configuration.containsOption(Option.SUPPRESS_EXCEPTIONS);
             if (optSuppressExceptions) {
-                return handleMissingPathInContext(configuration);
+                return resultByConfiguration(handleMissingPathInContext(configuration), configuration, evaluationContext);
             } else {
                 throw new PathNotFoundException();
             }
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ public <T> T map(Object jsonObject, MapFunction mapFunction, Configuration confi
         if (evaluationContext.getPathList().isEmpty()) {
             boolean optSuppressExceptions = configuration.containsOption(Option.SUPPRESS_EXCEPTIONS);
             if (optSuppressExceptions) {
-                return handleMissingPathInContext(configuration);
+                return resultByConfiguration(handleMissingPathInContext(configuration), configuration, evaluationContext);
             } else {
                 throw new PathNotFoundException();
             }
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ public <T> T delete(Object jsonObject, Configuration configuration) {
         if (evaluationContext.getPathList().isEmpty()) {
             boolean optSuppressExceptions = configuration.containsOption(Option.SUPPRESS_EXCEPTIONS);
             if (optSuppressExceptions) {
-                return handleMissingPathInContext(configuration);
+                return resultByConfiguration(handleMissingPathInContext(configuration), configuration, evaluationContext);
             } else {
                 throw new PathNotFoundException();
             }
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ public <T> T add(Object jsonObject, Object value, Configuration configuration) {
         if (evaluationContext.getPathList().isEmpty()) {
             boolean optSuppressExceptions = configuration.containsOption(Option.SUPPRESS_EXCEPTIONS);
             if (optSuppressExceptions) {
-                return handleMissingPathInContext(configuration);
+                return resultByConfiguration(handleMissingPathInContext(configuration), configuration, evaluationContext);
             } else {
                 throw new PathNotFoundException();
             }
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ public <T> T put(Object jsonObject, String key, Object value, Configuration conf
         if (evaluationContext.getPathList().isEmpty()) {
             boolean optSuppressExceptions = configuration.containsOption(Option.SUPPRESS_EXCEPTIONS);
             if (optSuppressExceptions) {
-                return handleMissingPathInContext(configuration);
+                return resultByConfiguration(handleMissingPathInContext(configuration), configuration, evaluationContext);
             } else {
                 throw new PathNotFoundException();
             }
diff --git a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/old/JsonPathTest.java b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/old/JsonPathTest.java
index e42410e67..fe9e56daa 100644
--- a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/old/JsonPathTest.java
+++ b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/old/JsonPathTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 package com.jayway.jsonpath.old;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.*;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.json.JacksonJsonNodeJsonProvider;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.mapper.JacksonMappingProvider;
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -322,4 +327,17 @@ public void prevent_stack_overflow_error_when_unclosed_property() {
         assertThrows(InvalidPathException.class, () -> JsonPath.compile("$['boo','foo][?(@ =~ /bar/)]"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    //see https://github.com/json-path/JsonPath/issues/1039
+    public void prevent_class_cast_exception_when_path_is_missing() throws JsonProcessingException {
+        ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        ObjectNode document = (ObjectNode) objectMapper.readTree(DOCUMENT);
+        DocumentContext context = JsonPath.using(Configuration.builder()
+          .jsonProvider(new JacksonJsonNodeJsonProvider(objectMapper))
+          .mappingProvider(new JacksonMappingProvider(objectMapper))
+          .options(Option.SUPPRESS_EXCEPTIONS)
+          .build()).parse(document);
+        context.delete(JsonPath.compile("$.notExisting"));
+    }
+
 }