diff --git a/lib/server-core/src/main/java/org/apache/olingo/server/core/deserializer/json/ODataJsonDeserializer.java b/lib/server-core/src/main/java/org/apache/olingo/server/core/deserializer/json/ODataJsonDeserializer.java
index 3398dc70d..5f98bd7ba 100644
--- a/lib/server-core/src/main/java/org/apache/olingo/server/core/deserializer/json/ODataJsonDeserializer.java
+++ b/lib/server-core/src/main/java/org/apache/olingo/server/core/deserializer/json/ODataJsonDeserializer.java
@@ -439,12 +439,15 @@ public class ODataJsonDeserializer implements ODataDeserializer {
       bindingLink.setType(Constants.ENTITY_COLLECTION_BINDING_LINK_TYPE);
       bindingLink.setBindingLinks(bindingLinkStrings);
     } else {
-      assertIsNullNode(key, jsonNode);
       if (!jsonNode.isValueNode()) {
         throw new DeserializerException("Binding annotation: " + key + " must be a string value.",
             DeserializerException.MessageKeys.INVALID_ANNOTATION_TYPE, key);
       }
-      bindingLink.setBindingLink(jsonNode.asText());
+      if (jsonNode.isNull()) {
+        bindingLink.setBindingLink(null);
+      } else {
+        bindingLink.setBindingLink(jsonNode.asText());
+      }
       bindingLink.setType(Constants.ENTITY_BINDING_LINK_TYPE);
     }
     return bindingLink;
diff --git a/lib/server-test/src/test/java/org/apache/olingo/server/core/deserializer/json/ODataJsonDeserializerEntityTest.java b/lib/server-test/src/test/java/org/apache/olingo/server/core/deserializer/json/ODataJsonDeserializerEntityTest.java
index 6b46ffdac..368dda6d2 100644
--- a/lib/server-test/src/test/java/org/apache/olingo/server/core/deserializer/json/ODataJsonDeserializerEntityTest.java
+++ b/lib/server-test/src/test/java/org/apache/olingo/server/core/deserializer/json/ODataJsonDeserializerEntityTest.java
@@ -1029,10 +1029,12 @@ public class ODataJsonDeserializerEntityTest extends AbstractODataDeserializerTe
             + "\"PropertyString\":\"First Resource - positive values\","
             + "\"NavPropertyETTwoPrimOne@odata.bind\":null"
             + "}";
-    expectException(entityString, "ETAllPrim",
-        DeserializerException.MessageKeys.INVALID_NULL_ANNOTATION);
+    
+    final Entity entity = deserialize(entityString, "ETAllPrim");
+    assertEquals("First Resource - positive values", entity.getProperty("PropertyString").asPrimitive());
+    assertNull(entity.getNavigationBinding("NavPropertyETTwoPrimOne").getBindingLink());
   }
-
+  
   @Test
   public void bindingOperationNullOnToMany() throws Exception {
     String entityString =
@@ -1382,5 +1384,5 @@ public class ODataJsonDeserializerEntityTest extends AbstractODataDeserializerTe
     } catch (final DeserializerException e) {
       assertEquals(messageKey, e.getMessageKey());
     }
-  }
+  } 
 }