diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/std/StdDelegatingSerializer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/std/StdDelegatingSerializer.java
index 58b6debc1f..6f3b014d22 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/std/StdDelegatingSerializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/std/StdDelegatingSerializer.java
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ public void serializeWithType(Object value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvide
         // 03-Oct-2012, tatu: This is actually unlikely to work ok... but for now,
         //    let's give it a chance?
         Object delegateValue = convertValue(value);
+        // consider null (to be consistent with serialize method above)
+        if (delegateValue == null) {
+            provider.defaultSerializeNull(gen);
+            return;
+        }
         JsonSerializer<Object> ser = _delegateSerializer;
         if (ser == null) {
             ser = _findSerializer(value, provider);