diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/filter2/dictionarylevel/DictionaryFilter.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/filter2/dictionarylevel/DictionaryFilter.java
index 9b03f82b19..dc1d649c39 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/filter2/dictionarylevel/DictionaryFilter.java
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/filter2/dictionarylevel/DictionaryFilter.java
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ public <T extends Comparable<T>> Boolean visit(Eq<T> eq) {
 
     filterColumn.getColumnPath();
 
+    if (value == null) {
+      // the dictionary contains only non-null values so isn't helpful. this
+      // could check the column stats, but the StatisticsFilter is responsible
+      return BLOCK_MIGHT_MATCH;
+    }
+
     try {
       Set<T> dictSet = expandDictionary(meta);
       if (dictSet != null && !dictSet.contains(value)) {
@@ -150,6 +156,12 @@ public <T extends Comparable<T>> Boolean visit(NotEq<T> notEq) {
 
     filterColumn.getColumnPath();
 
+    if (value == null) {
+      // the dictionary contains only non-null values so isn't helpful. this
+      // could check the column stats, but the StatisticsFilter is responsible
+      return BLOCK_MIGHT_MATCH;
+    }
+
     try {
       Set<T> dictSet = expandDictionary(meta);
       if (dictSet != null && dictSet.size() == 1 && dictSet.contains(value)) {
diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/filter2/dictionarylevel/DictionaryFilterTest.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/filter2/dictionarylevel/DictionaryFilterTest.java
index 754da686b9..35b944dee0 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/filter2/dictionarylevel/DictionaryFilterTest.java
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/filter2/dictionarylevel/DictionaryFilterTest.java
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ public void testEqBinary() throws Exception {
 
     assertTrue("Should drop block for upper case letters",
         canDrop(eq(b, Binary.fromString("A")), ccmd, dictionaries));
+
+    assertFalse("Should not drop block for null",
+        canDrop(eq(b, null), ccmd, dictionaries));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -211,6 +214,9 @@ public void testNotEqBinary() throws Exception {
 
     assertFalse("Should not drop block with a known value",
         canDrop(notEq(b, Binary.fromString("B")), ccmd, dictionaries));
+
+    assertFalse("Should not drop block for null",
+        canDrop(notEq(b, null), ccmd, dictionaries));
   }
 
   @Test