diff --git a/src/GraphNavigator/DeserializationGraphNavigator.php b/src/GraphNavigator/DeserializationGraphNavigator.php
index 7c9dbab5a..d47f49001 100644
--- a/src/GraphNavigator/DeserializationGraphNavigator.php
+++ b/src/GraphNavigator/DeserializationGraphNavigator.php
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ public function accept($data, ?array $type = null)
         // Sometimes data can convey null but is not of a null type.
         // Visitors can have the power to add this custom null evaluation
         // If null is explicitly allowed we should skip this
-        if (false === $this->shouldDeserializeNull
-            && $this->visitor instanceof NullAwareVisitorInterface
+        if ($this->visitor instanceof NullAwareVisitorInterface
             && true === $this->visitor->isNull($data)
+            && (!empty($type['nullable']) || false === $this->shouldDeserializeNull)
         ) {
             $type = ['name' => 'NULL', 'params' => []];
         }
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/BlogPost.php b/tests/Fixtures/BlogPost.php
index 81baaab9c..4ef7afffe 100644
--- a/tests/Fixtures/BlogPost.php
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/BlogPost.php
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class BlogPost
     private $metadata;
 
     /**
-     * @Type("JMS\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\Author")
+     * @Type("?JMS\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\Author")
      * @Groups({"post"})
      * @XmlElement(namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom")
      */
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class BlogPost
     private $publisher;
 
     /**
-     * @Type("array<JMS\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\Tag>")
+     * @Type("?array<JMS\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\Tag>")
      * @XmlList(inline=true, entry="tag", namespace="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/");
      */
     private $tag;