diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/BooleanFieldMapper.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/BooleanFieldMapper.java
index fa7a28a48585..e244bac1cb99 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/BooleanFieldMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/BooleanFieldMapper.java
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ public Mapper.Builder parse(String name, Map<String, Object> node, ParserContext
                 String propName = Strings.toUnderscoreCase(entry.getKey());
                 Object propNode = entry.getValue();
                 if (propName.equals("null_value")) {
+                    if (propNode == null) {
+                        throw new MapperParsingException("Property [null_value] cannot be null.");
+                    }
                     builder.nullValue(nodeBooleanValue(propNode));
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/ByteFieldMapper.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/ByteFieldMapper.java
index b4266fd08ff5..cc937b5251ba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/ByteFieldMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/ByteFieldMapper.java
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ public Mapper.Builder parse(String name, Map<String, Object> node, ParserContext
                 String propName = Strings.toUnderscoreCase(entry.getKey());
                 Object propNode = entry.getValue();
                 if (propName.equals("null_value")) {
+                    if (propNode == null) {
+                        throw new MapperParsingException("Property [null_value] cannot be null.");
+                    }
                     builder.nullValue(nodeByteValue(propNode));
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/DateFieldMapper.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/DateFieldMapper.java
index 93c7c1eb5a74..775a37455349 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/DateFieldMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/DateFieldMapper.java
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ public static class TypeParser implements Mapper.TypeParser {
                 String propName = Strings.toUnderscoreCase(entry.getKey());
                 Object propNode = entry.getValue();
                 if (propName.equals("null_value")) {
+                    if (propNode == null) {
+                        throw new MapperParsingException("Property [null_value] cannot be null.");
+                    }
                     builder.nullValue(propNode.toString());
                 } else if (propName.equals("format")) {
                     builder.dateTimeFormatter(parseDateTimeFormatter(propNode));
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/DoubleFieldMapper.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/DoubleFieldMapper.java
index 0c277705b441..503f1eb81b95 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/DoubleFieldMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/DoubleFieldMapper.java
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ public Mapper.Builder parse(String name, Map<String, Object> node, ParserContext
                 String propName = entry.getKey();
                 Object propNode = entry.getValue();
                 if (propName.equals("nullValue") || propName.equals("null_value")) {
+                    if (propNode == null) {
+                        throw new MapperParsingException("Property [null_value] cannot be null.");
+                    }
                     builder.nullValue(nodeDoubleValue(propNode));
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/FloatFieldMapper.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/FloatFieldMapper.java
index f7c872c58a75..dcd0e50b4554 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/FloatFieldMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/FloatFieldMapper.java
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ public Mapper.Builder parse(String name, Map<String, Object> node, ParserContext
                 String propName = Strings.toUnderscoreCase(entry.getKey());
                 Object propNode = entry.getValue();
                 if (propName.equals("null_value")) {
+                    if (propNode == null) {
+                        throw new MapperParsingException("Property [null_value] cannot be null.");
+                    }
                     builder.nullValue(nodeFloatValue(propNode));
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/IntegerFieldMapper.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/IntegerFieldMapper.java
index bf6165a75fb1..dac337029094 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/IntegerFieldMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/IntegerFieldMapper.java
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ public Mapper.Builder parse(String name, Map<String, Object> node, ParserContext
                 String propName = Strings.toUnderscoreCase(entry.getKey());
                 Object propNode = entry.getValue();
                 if (propName.equals("null_value")) {
+                    if (propNode == null) {
+                        throw new MapperParsingException("Property [null_value] cannot be null.");
+                    }
                     builder.nullValue(nodeIntegerValue(propNode));
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/LongFieldMapper.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/LongFieldMapper.java
index 0dafc3ed5388..65b15ff32f9c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/LongFieldMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/LongFieldMapper.java
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ public Mapper.Builder parse(String name, Map<String, Object> node, ParserContext
                 String propName = Strings.toUnderscoreCase(entry.getKey());
                 Object propNode = entry.getValue();
                 if (propName.equals("null_value")) {
+                    if (propNode == null) {
+                        throw new MapperParsingException("Property [null_value] cannot be null.");
+                    }
                     builder.nullValue(nodeLongValue(propNode));
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/ShortFieldMapper.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/ShortFieldMapper.java
index 179ce436d84b..d257d655da3b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/ShortFieldMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/ShortFieldMapper.java
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ public Mapper.Builder parse(String name, Map<String, Object> node, ParserContext
                 String propName = Strings.toUnderscoreCase(entry.getKey());
                 Object propNode = entry.getValue();
                 if (propName.equals("null_value")) {
+                    if (propNode == null) {
+                        throw new MapperParsingException("Property [null_value] cannot be null.");
+                    }
                     builder.nullValue(nodeShortValue(propNode));
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/StringFieldMapper.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/StringFieldMapper.java
index 2db2485f5949..f0c1ad4b8502 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/StringFieldMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/StringFieldMapper.java
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ public Mapper.Builder parse(String name, Map<String, Object> node, ParserContext
                 String propName = Strings.toUnderscoreCase(entry.getKey());
                 Object propNode = entry.getValue();
                 if (propName.equals("null_value")) {
+                    if (propNode == null) {
+                        throw new MapperParsingException("Property [null_value] cannot be null.");
+                    }
                     builder.nullValue(propNode.toString());
                 } else if (propName.equals("search_quote_analyzer")) {
                     NamedAnalyzer analyzer = parserContext.analysisService().analyzer(propNode.toString());
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/ip/IpFieldMapper.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/ip/IpFieldMapper.java
index 91c1e3cb01c6..061571b452fc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/ip/IpFieldMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/ip/IpFieldMapper.java
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ public Mapper.Builder parse(String name, Map<String, Object> node, ParserContext
                 String propName = Strings.toUnderscoreCase(entry.getKey());
                 Object propNode = entry.getValue();
                 if (propName.equals("null_value")) {
+                    if (propNode == null) {
+                        throw new MapperParsingException("Property [null_value] cannot be null.");
+                    }
                     builder.nullValue(propNode.toString());
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/null_value/NullValueTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/null_value/NullValueTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7fc0b1adefc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/null_value/NullValueTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.null_value;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.ImmutableSettings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperParsingException;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.service.IndexService;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.ElasticsearchSingleNodeTest;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
+
+/**
+ */
+public class NullValueTests extends ElasticsearchSingleNodeTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNullNull_Value() throws Exception {
+        IndexService indexService = createIndex("test", ImmutableSettings.settingsBuilder().build());
+        String[] typesToTest = {"integer", "long", "double", "float", "short", "date", "ip", "string", "boolean", "byte"};
+
+        for (String type : typesToTest) {
+            String mapping = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder()
+                    .startObject()
+                        .startObject("type")
+                            .startObject("properties")
+                                .startObject("numeric")
+                                    .field("type", type)
+                                    .field("null_value", (String) null)
+                                .endObject()
+                            .endObject()
+                        .endObject()
+                    .endObject().string();
+
+            try {
+                indexService.mapperService().documentMapperParser().parse(mapping);
+                fail("Test should have failed because [null_value] was null.");
+            } catch (MapperParsingException e) {
+                assertThat(e.getMessage(), equalTo("Property [null_value] cannot be null."));
+            }
+
+        }
+
+
+    }
+}