diff --git a/.changeset/tender-cameras-brush.md b/.changeset/tender-cameras-brush.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f512707a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tender-cameras-brush.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@tanstack/query-persist-client-core': patch
+---
+
+allow restoring null values
diff --git a/packages/query-persist-client-core/src/createPersister.ts b/packages/query-persist-client-core/src/createPersister.ts
index a9aba4a959..55fccc5558 100644
--- a/packages/query-persist-client-core/src/createPersister.ts
+++ b/packages/query-persist-client-core/src/createPersister.ts
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ export function experimental_createQueryPersister<TStorageValue = string>({
         },
       )
 
-      if (restoredData != null) {
+      if (restoredData !== undefined) {
         return Promise.resolve(restoredData as T)
       }
     }