diff --git a/lodash.js b/lodash.js
index 32d3b4fff..ff9d2603d 100644
--- a/lodash.js
+++ b/lodash.js
@@ -5353,9 +5353,9 @@
         var index = -1,
             length = path.length;
 
-        while (object != null && ++index < length) {
+        while (++index < length) {
           var key = path[index];
-          if (!(result = hasFunc(object, key))) {
+          if (!(result = object != null && hasFunc(object, key))) {
             break;
           }
           object = object[key];
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 29442e928..032699be4 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -7128,13 +7128,17 @@
     });
 
     QUnit.test('`_.' + methodName + '` should support deep paths', function(assert) {
-      assert.expect(2);
+      assert.expect(4);
 
       var object = { 'a': { 'b': { 'c': 3 } } };
 
       lodashStable.each(['a.b.c', ['a', 'b', 'c']], function(path) {
         assert.strictEqual(func(object, path), true);
       });
+
+      lodashStable.each(['a.c.b', ['a', 'c', 'b']], function(path) {
+        assert.strictEqual(func(object, path), false);
+      });
     });
 
     QUnit.test('`_.' + methodName + '` should coerce `path` to a string', function(assert) {
@@ -7271,6 +7275,21 @@
       });
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('`_.' + methodName + '` should return `false` when nested `object` is nullish', function(assert) {
+      assert.expect(2);
+
+      var values = [null, undefined],
+          expected = lodashStable.map(values, alwaysFalse);
+
+      lodashStable.each(['a.b.c', ['a', 'b', 'c']], function(path) {
+        var actual = lodashStable.map(values, function(value) {
+          return func({ 'a': value }, path);
+        });
+
+        assert.deepEqual(actual, expected);
+      });
+    });
+
     QUnit.test('`_.' + methodName + '` should return `false` with deep paths when `object` is nullish', function(assert) {
       assert.expect(2);