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 fa7a28a485850..e244bac1cb999 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 b6a43dcb7e1f7..fffccd52fbe3c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/ByteFieldMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/ByteFieldMapper.java
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ 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 1fd695d9ecd9e..44b501ea43321 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/DateFieldMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/DateFieldMapper.java
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ 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(propName, 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 d5ed372934e04..82f7a9528a2bd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/DoubleFieldMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/DoubleFieldMapper.java
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ 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 ed4c7a907e452..b0a720ee4b1cc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/FloatFieldMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/FloatFieldMapper.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(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 7dbf091d3424d..bd80b83315021 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/IntegerFieldMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/IntegerFieldMapper.java
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ 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 ddef3ce20431b..868c026ba617f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/LongFieldMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/LongFieldMapper.java
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ 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 14e99efd1fd74..2f9e83c948812 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/ShortFieldMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/ShortFieldMapper.java
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ 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 b8b5b65907a2f..ead3fcb67c684 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 543f10fa57915..12934c528215f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/ip/IpFieldMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/ip/IpFieldMapper.java
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ 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 0000000000000..7fc0b1adefc1d
--- /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."));
+            }
+
+        }
+
+
+    }
+}