diff --git a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/command/payload/SqlTypedRecord.scala b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/command/payload/SqlTypedRecord.scala
index 0cf8a6458..d906f0c50 100644
--- a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/command/payload/SqlTypedRecord.scala
+++ b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/command/payload/SqlTypedRecord.scala
@@ -51,7 +51,11 @@ class SqlTypedRecord(val record: IndexedRecord) extends IndexedRecord {
     val value = record.get(i)
     val avroFieldType = getSchema.getFields.get(i).schema()
     val sqlFieldType = sqlType.fields(i).dataType
-    convert(avroFieldType, sqlFieldType, value)
+    if (value == null) {
+      null
+    } else {
+      convert(avroFieldType, sqlFieldType, value)
+    }
   }
 
   private def convert(avroFieldType: Schema, sqlFieldType: DataType, value: AnyRef): AnyRef = {
@@ -89,6 +93,7 @@ class SqlTypedRecord(val record: IndexedRecord) extends IndexedRecord {
       case (STRING, StringType) => value match {
         case s: String => UTF8String.fromString(s)
         case s: Utf8 => UTF8String.fromString(s.toString)
+        case o => throw new IllegalArgumentException(s"Cannot convert $o to StringType")
       }
 
       case (ENUM, StringType) => value.toString
diff --git a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/TestMergeIntoTable.scala b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/TestMergeIntoTable.scala
index 28c47aa5d..1c20a82fd 100644
--- a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/TestMergeIntoTable.scala
+++ b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/TestMergeIntoTable.scala
@@ -642,4 +642,49 @@ class TestMergeIntoTable extends TestHoodieSqlBase {
       )
     }
   }
+
+  test("Test MereInto With Null Fields") {
+    withTempDir { tmp =>
+      val types = Seq(
+        "string" ,
+        "int",
+        "bigint",
+        "double",
+        "float",
+        "timestamp",
+        "date",
+        "decimal"
+      )
+      types.foreach { dataType =>
+        val tableName = generateTableName
+        spark.sql(
+          s"""
+             |create table $tableName (
+             |  id int,
+             |  name string,
+             |  value $dataType,
+             |  ts long
+             |) using hudi
+             | location '${tmp.getCanonicalPath}/$tableName'
+             | options (
+             |  primaryKey ='id',
+             |  preCombineField = 'ts'
+             | )
+       """.stripMargin)
+
+        spark.sql(
+          s"""
+             |merge into $tableName h0
+             |using (
+             | select 1 as id, 'a1' as name, cast(null as $dataType) as value, 1000 as ts
+             | ) s0
+             | on h0.id = s0.id
+             | when not matched then insert *
+             |""".stripMargin)
+        checkAnswer(s"select id, name, value, ts from $tableName")(
+          Seq(1, "a1", null, 1000)
+        )
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }