diff --git a/lodash.src.js b/lodash.src.js
index 5ef870596..40ce222ba 100644
--- a/lodash.src.js
+++ b/lodash.src.js
@@ -2259,11 +2259,11 @@
       if (pathKey !== undefined && pathKey in object) {
         path = [pathKey];
       }
-      var index = -1,
+      var index = 0,
           length = path.length;
 
-      while (object != null && ++index < length) {
-        object = toObject(object)[path[index]];
+      while (object != null && index < length) {
+        object = toObject(object)[path[index++]];
       }
       return (index && index == length) ? object : undefined;
     }
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index f48e03240..037b597d2 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -13660,6 +13660,14 @@
       });
     });
 
+    test('`_.' + methodName + '` should be able to return `null` values', 2, function() {
+      var object = { 'a': { 'b': null } };
+
+      _.each(['a.b', ['a', 'b']], function(path) {
+        strictEqual(func(object, path), null);
+      });
+    });
+
     test('`_.' + methodName + '` should follow `path` over non-plain objects', 4, function() {
       var object = { 'a': '' },
           paths = ['constructor.prototype.a', ['constructor', 'prototype', 'a']];