diff --git a/tastypie/resources.py b/tastypie/resources.py
index 4e8431c53..7c1fcdda6 100644
--- a/tastypie/resources.py
+++ b/tastypie/resources.py
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ def full_hydrate(self, bundle):
             if field_object.attribute:
                 value = field_object.hydrate(bundle)
                 
-                if value is not None:
+                if value is not None or field_object.null:
                     # We need to avoid populating M2M data here as that will
                     # cause things to blow up.
                     if not getattr(field_object, 'is_related', False):
diff --git a/tests/core/tests/resources.py b/tests/core/tests/resources.py
index ee2953d76..6e6f1672d 100644
--- a/tests/core/tests/resources.py
+++ b/tests/core/tests/resources.py
@@ -265,34 +265,26 @@ def test_full_hydrate(self):
         self.assertEqual(hydrated.obj.view_count, 6)
         self.assertEqual(hydrated.obj.date_joined, datetime.datetime(2010, 2, 15, 12, 0, 0))
         self.assertEqual(hydrated.obj.bar, 'O HAI BAR!')
-
-
-        # Test that a nullable value with a previous non-null value
-        # can be set to None
         
+        # Test that a nullable value with a previous non-null value
+        # can be set to None.
         nullable = NullableNameResource()
-
         obj = nullable._meta.object_class()
         obj.name = "Daniel"
-
         null_bundle = Bundle(obj=obj, data={'name': None})
         hydrated = nullable.full_hydrate(null_bundle)
-
+        
         self.assertTrue(hydrated.obj.name is None)
-
-    
+        
         # Test that a nullable value with a previous non-null value
         # is not overridden if no value was given
-
         obj = nullable._meta.object_class()
         obj.name = "Daniel"
-
         empty_null_bundle = Bundle(obj=obj, data={})
         hydrated = nullable.full_hydrate(empty_null_bundle)
-
+        
         self.assertEquals(hydrated.obj.name, "Daniel")
     
-    
     def test_obj_get_list(self):
         basic = BasicResource()
         self.assertRaises(NotImplementedError, basic.obj_get_list)