diff --git a/src/datastore/datastore_test.go b/src/datastore/datastore_test.go
index 17a5df1386..8659e63539 100644
--- a/src/datastore/datastore_test.go
+++ b/src/datastore/datastore_test.go
@@ -502,6 +502,30 @@ func (self *DatastoreSuite) TestReturnsResultsInAscendingOrderWithNulls(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(results[0], DeepEquals, series)
 }
 
+func (self *DatastoreSuite) TestNullValues(c *C) {
+	cleanup(nil)
+	db := newDatastore(c)
+	defer cleanup(db)
+
+	minuteAgo := time.Now().Add(-time.Minute).Unix()
+	mock := `{
+    "points":[
+      {"values":[null, {"string_value": "dix"}],"sequence_number":1},
+      {"values":[{"string_value": "dix"}, null],"sequence_number":2},
+      {"values":[null, {"string_value": "dix"}],"sequence_number":3},
+      {"values":[{"string_value":"todd"}, null],"sequence_number":4}],
+      "name":"user_things",
+      "fields":["first_name", "last_name"]
+    }`
+	series := stringToSeries(mock, minuteAgo, c)
+	err := db.WriteSeriesData("foobar", series)
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+	user := &MockUser{}
+	results := executeQuery(user, "foobar", "select * from user_things", db, c)
+	c.Assert(results, HasLen, 1)
+	c.Assert(results[0].Points, HasLen, 4)
+}
+
 func (self *DatastoreSuite) TestCanDeleteARangeOfData(c *C) {
 	cleanup(nil)
 	db := newDatastore(c)
diff --git a/src/datastore/leveldb_datastore.go b/src/datastore/leveldb_datastore.go
index 52e6ab39c7..bcc574e839 100644
--- a/src/datastore/leveldb_datastore.go
+++ b/src/datastore/leveldb_datastore.go
@@ -370,8 +370,6 @@ func (self *LevelDbDatastore) executeQueryForSeries(database, series string, col
 	// optimize for the case where we're pulling back only a single column or aggregate
 	for {
 		isValid := false
-		var pointTimeRaw []byte
-		var pointSequenceRaw []byte
 
 		point := &protocol.Point{Values: make([]*protocol.FieldValue, fieldCount, fieldCount)}
 		for i, it := range iterators {
@@ -393,10 +391,23 @@ func (self *LevelDbDatastore) executeQueryForSeries(database, series string, col
 			sequenceNumber := key[16:]
 
 			rawValue := &rawColumnValue{time: time, sequence: sequenceNumber, value: value}
-			pointTimeRaw, pointSequenceRaw = rawValue.updatePointTimeAndSequence(pointTimeRaw, pointSequenceRaw, query.Ascending)
 			rawColumnValues[i] = rawValue
 		}
 
+		var pointTimeRaw []byte
+		var pointSequenceRaw []byte
+		// choose the highest (or lowest in case of ascending queries) timestamp
+		// and sequence number. that will become the timestamp and sequence of
+		// the next point.
+		for _, value := range rawColumnValues {
+			if value == nil {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			pointTimeRaw, pointSequenceRaw = value.updatePointTimeAndSequence(pointTimeRaw,
+				pointSequenceRaw, query.Ascending)
+		}
+
 		for i, iterator := range iterators {
 			// if the value is nil, or doesn't match the point's timestamp and sequence number
 			// then skip it