diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeArrayList.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeArrayList.java
index 02adbc0b1..0e7b693db 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeArrayList.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeArrayList.java
@@ -86,7 +86,11 @@ public class ScalarTypeArrayList extends ScalarTypeJsonCollection<List> {
   @Override
   public List read(DataReader reader) throws SQLException {
     Array array = reader.getArray();
-    return fromArray((Object[]) array.getArray());
+    if (array == null) {
+      return null;
+    } else {
+      return fromArray((Object[]) array.getArray());
+    }
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeArrayListTest.java b/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeArrayListTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a60004e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeArrayListTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.type;
+
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+
+public class ScalarTypeArrayListTest {
+
+  @Test
+  public void read_when_null() throws SQLException {
+
+    DataReader mock = Mockito.mock(DataReader.class);
+    Mockito.when(mock.getArray()).thenReturn(null);
+
+    ScalarTypeArrayList scalarType = ScalarTypeArrayList.typeFor(Long.class);
+    scalarType.read(mock);
+
+  }
+}
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