diff --git a/salt/utils/jinja.py b/salt/utils/jinja.py
index eb2f4cb8de45..f0069f6fb3cb 100644
--- a/salt/utils/jinja.py
+++ b/salt/utils/jinja.py
@@ -1012,6 +1012,8 @@ def explore(data):
 
     @_handle_strict_undefined
     def format_json(self, value, sort_keys=True, indent=None):
+        if isinstance(value, jinja2.StrictUndefined):
+            return value
         json_txt = salt.utils.json.dumps(
             value, sort_keys=sort_keys, indent=indent
         ).strip()
@@ -1020,8 +1022,9 @@ def format_json(self, value, sort_keys=True, indent=None):
         except UnicodeDecodeError:
             return Markup(salt.utils.stringutils.to_unicode(json_txt))
 
-    @_handle_strict_undefined
     def format_yaml(self, value, flow_style=True):
+        if isinstance(value, jinja2.StrictUndefined):
+            return value
         yaml_txt = salt.utils.yaml.safe_dump(
             value, default_flow_style=flow_style
         ).strip()
@@ -1041,6 +1044,8 @@ def format_xml(self, value):
         :returns: Formatted XML string rendered with newlines and indentation
         :rtype: str
         """
+        if isinstance(value, jinja2.StrictUndefined):
+            return value
 
         def normalize_iter(value):
             if isinstance(value, (list, tuple)):
@@ -1089,12 +1094,14 @@ def recurse_tree(xmliter, element=None):
             ).toprettyxml(indent=" ")
         )
 
-    @_handle_strict_undefined
     def format_python(self, value):
+        if isinstance(value, jinja2.StrictUndefined):
+            return value
         return Markup(pprint.pformat(value).strip())
 
-    @_handle_strict_undefined
     def load_yaml(self, value):
+        if isinstance(value, jinja2.StrictUndefined):
+            return value
         if isinstance(value, TemplateModule):
             value = str(value)
         try:
@@ -1119,8 +1126,9 @@ def load_yaml(self, value):
         except AttributeError:
             raise TemplateRuntimeError(f"Unable to load yaml from {value}")
 
-    @_handle_strict_undefined
     def load_json(self, value):
+        if isinstance(value, jinja2.StrictUndefined):
+            return value
         if isinstance(value, TemplateModule):
             value = str(value)
         try:
@@ -1128,8 +1136,9 @@ def load_json(self, value):
         except (ValueError, TypeError, AttributeError):
             raise TemplateRuntimeError(f"Unable to load json from {value}")
 
-    @_handle_strict_undefined
     def load_text(self, value):
+        if isinstance(value, jinja2.StrictUndefined):
+            return value
         if isinstance(value, TemplateModule):
             value = str(value)
 
@@ -1255,7 +1264,6 @@ def parse_import(self, parser, converter):
             parser, import_node.template, f"import_{converter}", body, lineno
         )
 
-    @_handle_strict_undefined
     def dict_to_sls_yaml_params(self, value, flow_style=False):
         """
         .. versionadded:: 3005
@@ -1272,6 +1280,8 @@ def dict_to_sls_yaml_params(self, value, flow_style=False):
         :returns: Formatted SLS YAML string rendered with newlines and
                   indentation
         """
+        if isinstance(value, jinja2.StrictUndefined):
+            return value
         return self.format_yaml(
             [{key: val} for key, val in value.items()], flow_style=flow_style
         )