diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/FieldQueryParser.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/FieldQueryParser.java
index 820a0d4f34a..88f86fc5d5e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/FieldQueryParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/FieldQueryParser.java
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ public class FieldQueryParser implements QueryParser {
 
         try {
             query = queryParser.parse(qpSettings.queryString());
+            if (query == null) {
+                return null;
+            }
             query.setBoost(qpSettings.boost());
             query = optimizeQuery(fixNegativeQueryIfNeeded(query));
             if (query instanceof BooleanQuery) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/MatchQueryParser.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/MatchQueryParser.java
index b46bbb50fbd..c2bf9674b10 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/MatchQueryParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/MatchQueryParser.java
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ public class MatchQueryParser implements QueryParser {
         }
 
         Query query = matchQuery.parse(type, fieldName, text);
+        if (query == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
 
         if (query instanceof BooleanQuery) {
             Queries.applyMinimumShouldMatch((BooleanQuery) query, minimumShouldMatch);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/MultiMatchQueryParser.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/MultiMatchQueryParser.java
index 7d620f90b97..282ee16a568 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/MultiMatchQueryParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/MultiMatchQueryParser.java
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ public class MultiMatchQueryParser implements QueryParser {
         }
 
         Query query = multiMatchQuery.parse(type, fieldNames, text);
+        if (query == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
 
         if (query instanceof BooleanQuery) {
             Queries.applyMinimumShouldMatch((BooleanQuery) query, minimumShouldMatch);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/QueryStringQueryParser.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/QueryStringQueryParser.java
index 3069d86da0c..9600090c2a4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/QueryStringQueryParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/QueryStringQueryParser.java
@@ -210,6 +210,9 @@ public class QueryStringQueryParser implements QueryParser {
 
         try {
             query = queryParser.parse(qpSettings.queryString());
+            if (query == null) {
+                return null;
+            }
             query.setBoost(qpSettings.boost());
             query = optimizeQuery(fixNegativeQueryIfNeeded(query));
             if (query instanceof BooleanQuery) {