diff --git a/querydsl-collections/src/main/java/com/querydsl/collections/CollQueryFunctions.java b/querydsl-collections/src/main/java/com/querydsl/collections/CollQueryFunctions.java
index 907512ce9..e8cdf3707 100644
--- a/querydsl-collections/src/main/java/com/querydsl/collections/CollQueryFunctions.java
+++ b/querydsl-collections/src/main/java/com/querydsl/collections/CollQueryFunctions.java
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ public final class CollQueryFunctions {
     }
 
     public static <T> Collection<T> leftJoin(Collection<T> coll) {
-        if (coll.isEmpty()) {
+        if (coll == null || coll.isEmpty()) {
             @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // List only contains null
             Collection<T> rv = (Collection<T>) nullList;
             return rv;
diff --git a/querydsl-collections/src/test/java/com/querydsl/collections/CollectionAnyTest.java b/querydsl-collections/src/test/java/com/querydsl/collections/CollectionAnyTest.java
index 5dbba4bbe..2d0895581 100644
--- a/querydsl-collections/src/test/java/com/querydsl/collections/CollectionAnyTest.java
+++ b/querydsl-collections/src/test/java/com/querydsl/collections/CollectionAnyTest.java
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class CollectionAnyTest extends AbstractQueryTest {
 
+    @Test
+    public void any_null() {
+        Cat a = new Cat("a");
+        a.setKittens(null);
+
+        assertEquals(0, CollQueryFactory.from(cat, Arrays.asList(a))
+                .where(cat.kittens.any().name.startsWith("a")).fetchCount());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void any_in_projection() {
         Cat a = new Cat("a");