diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Fixtures/EntityParent.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Fixtures/EntityParent.php
index 4674f8b35a..eb09e5a4b2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Fixtures/EntityParent.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Fixtures/EntityParent.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class EntityParent implements EntityInterfaceA
     protected $firstName;
     private $internal;
     private $data = 'Data';
+    private $child;
 
     /**
      * @NotNull
@@ -28,4 +29,9 @@ class EntityParent implements EntityInterfaceA
     {
         return 'Data';
     }
+
+    public function getChild()
+    {
+        return $this->child;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Validator/RecursiveValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Validator/RecursiveValidatorTest.php
index 484236241c..c9e30b4587 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Validator/RecursiveValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Validator/RecursiveValidatorTest.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\NotBlank;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\NotNull;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\Optional;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\Required;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\Valid;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidatorFactory;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Context\ExecutionContextFactory;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\Factory\MetadataFactoryInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Tests\Constraints\Fixtures\ChildA;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Tests\Constraints\Fixtures\ChildB;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Tests\Fixtures\Entity;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Tests\Fixtures\EntityParent;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Tests\Fixtures\EntityWithGroupedConstraintOnMethods;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Validator\RecursiveValidator;
 
@@ -143,6 +145,31 @@ class RecursiveValidatorTest extends AbstractTest
         $this->assertInstanceOf(IsTrue::class, $violations->get(1)->getConstraint());
     }
 
+    public function testValidConstraintOnGetterReturningNull()
+    {
+        $metadata = new ClassMetadata(EntityParent::class);
+        $metadata->addGetterConstraint('child', new Valid());
+
+        $this->metadataFactory->addMetadata($metadata);
+
+        $violations = $this->validator->validate(new EntityParent());
+
+        $this->assertCount(0, $violations);
+    }
+
+    public function testNotNullConstraintOnGetterReturningNull()
+    {
+        $metadata = new ClassMetadata(EntityParent::class);
+        $metadata->addGetterConstraint('child', new NotNull());
+
+        $this->metadataFactory->addMetadata($metadata);
+
+        $violations = $this->validator->validate(new EntityParent());
+
+        $this->assertCount(1, $violations);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(NotNull::class, $violations->get(0)->getConstraint());
+    }
+
     public function testAllConstraintValidateAllGroupsForNestedConstraints()
     {
         $this->metadata->addPropertyConstraint('data', new All(['constraints' => [
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Validator/RecursiveContextualValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Validator/RecursiveContextualValidator.php
index 24206bfc27..a51e66d290 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Validator/RecursiveContextualValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Validator/RecursiveContextualValidator.php
@@ -680,6 +680,10 @@ class RecursiveContextualValidator implements ContextualValidatorInterface
 
         if ($value instanceof LazyProperty) {
             $value = $value->getPropertyValue();
+
+            if (null === $value) {
+                return;
+            }
         }
 
         if (\is_array($value)) {