diff --git a/spec/MongoTransform.spec.js b/spec/MongoTransform.spec.js
index cb5baf77..56b377f7 100644
--- a/spec/MongoTransform.spec.js
+++ b/spec/MongoTransform.spec.js
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ describe('parseObjectToMongoObjectForCreate', () => {
     done();
   });
 
+  it('an object with null values', (done) => {
+    var input = {objectWithNullValues: {isNull: null, notNull: 3}};
+    var output = transform.parseObjectToMongoObjectForCreate(null, input, {
+      fields: {objectWithNullValues: {type: 'object'}}
+    });
+    jequal(input, output);
+    done();
+  });
+
   it('built-in timestamps', (done) => {
     var input = {
       createdAt: "2015-10-06T21:24:50.332Z",
diff --git a/spec/helper.js b/spec/helper.js
index 43ad0dee..df2df591 100644
--- a/spec/helper.js
+++ b/spec/helper.js
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ function arrayContains(arr, item) {
 
 // Normalizes a JSON object.
 function normalize(obj) {
-  if (typeof obj !== 'object') {
+  if (obj === null || typeof obj !== 'object') {
     return JSON.stringify(obj);
   }
   if (obj instanceof Array) {
diff --git a/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoTransform.js b/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoTransform.js
index 898c62e0..b1d5170b 100644
--- a/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoTransform.js
+++ b/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoTransform.js
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ const transformKeyValueForUpdate = (className, restKey, restValue, parseFormatSc
 }
 
 const transformInteriorValue = restValue => {
-  if (typeof restValue === 'object' && Object.keys(restValue).some(key => key.includes('$') || key.includes('.'))) {
+  if (restValue !== null && typeof restValue === 'object' && Object.keys(restValue).some(key => key.includes('$') || key.includes('.'))) {
     throw new Parse.Error(Parse.Error.INVALID_NESTED_KEY, "Nested keys should not contain the '$' or '.' characters");
   }
   // Handle atomic values