diff --git a/packages/react-data-grid-addons/src/data/RowFilterer.js b/packages/react-data-grid-addons/src/data/RowFilterer.js
index 75d4cd8764..3bdec637d1 100644
--- a/packages/react-data-grid-addons/src/data/RowFilterer.js
+++ b/packages/react-data-grid-addons/src/data/RowFilterer.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const filterRows = (filters, rows = []) => {
         } else if (typeof colFilter.filterTerm === 'string') {
           // default filter action
           let rowValue = retriever.getValue(r, columnKey);
-          if (rowValue !== undefined) {
+          if (rowValue !== undefined && rowValue !== null) {
             if (rowValue.toString().toLowerCase().indexOf(colFilter.filterTerm.toLowerCase()) === -1) {
               include = include & false;
             }