diff --git a/vortex-array/src/arrays/varbinview/array.rs b/vortex-array/src/arrays/varbinview/array.rs
index 9e97257b3be..6c037135d78 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/arrays/varbinview/array.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/arrays/varbinview/array.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use vortex_error::vortex_panic;
 
 use crate::ArrayRef;
 use crate::ArraySlots;
+use crate::ExecutionCtx;
 use crate::VortexSessionExecute;
 use crate::array::Array;
 use crate::array::ArrayParts;
@@ -187,6 +188,33 @@ impl VarBinViewData {
         Ok(unsafe { Self::new_unchecked(views, buffers, dtype, validity) })
     }
 
+    // Replace views at invalid (null) slots with empty views
+    pub(crate) fn replace_invalid_views(
+        views: Buffer<BinaryView>,
+        validity: &Validity,
+        ctx: &mut ExecutionCtx,
+    ) -> VortexResult<Buffer<BinaryView>> {
+        let mask = validity.execute_mask(views.len(), ctx)?;
+        if mask.all_true() {
+            return Ok(views);
+        }
+        let empty = BinaryView::empty_view();
+        let Some(first) = views
+            .iter()
+            .zip(mask.iter())
+            .position(|(view, valid)| !valid && *view != empty)
+        else {
+            return Ok(views);
+        };
+        let mut views = views.into_mut();
+        for (view, valid) in views.iter_mut().zip(mask.iter()).skip(first) {
+            if !valid {
+                *view = empty;
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(views.freeze())
+    }
+
     /// Constructs a new `VarBinViewArray`.
     ///
     /// See `VarBinViewArray::new_unchecked` for more information.
diff --git a/vortex-array/src/arrays/varbinview/tests.rs b/vortex-array/src/arrays/varbinview/tests.rs
index 981d4f602a1..4d7bd1b85c7 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/arrays/varbinview/tests.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/arrays/varbinview/tests.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,30 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright the Vortex contributors
 
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use vortex_buffer::BitBuffer;
+use vortex_buffer::Buffer;
+use vortex_buffer::ByteBuffer;
+use vortex_buffer::ByteBufferMut;
+use vortex_error::VortexResult;
+use vortex_error::vortex_err;
+use vortex_session::registry::ReadContext;
+
+use crate::ArrayContext;
+use crate::IntoArray;
 use crate::VortexSessionExecute;
 use crate::array_session;
+use crate::arrays::VarBinView;
 use crate::arrays::VarBinViewArray;
 use crate::arrays::varbinview::BinaryView;
+use crate::arrays::varbinview::VarBinViewData;
 use crate::assert_arrays_eq;
+use crate::dtype::DType;
+use crate::dtype::Nullability;
+use crate::serde::SerializeOptions;
+use crate::serde::SerializedArray;
+use crate::validity::Validity;
 
 #[test]
 pub fn varbin_view() {
@@ -49,3 +68,66 @@ pub fn binary_view_size_and_alignment() {
     assert_eq!(size_of::<BinaryView>(), 16);
     assert_eq!(align_of::<BinaryView>(), 16);
 }
+
+#[test]
+pub fn replace_invalid_views() -> VortexResult<()> {
+    let mut ctx = array_session().create_execution_ctx();
+    let views = Buffer::<BinaryView>::copy_from(vec![
+        BinaryView::new_inlined(b"ololo"),
+        BinaryView::new_ref(13, *b"AAAA", 0xDEAD_BEEF, 0xF000_0000),
+    ]);
+    let buffer = BitBuffer::from_iter([true, false]);
+    let validity = Validity::from_bit_buffer(buffer, Nullability::Nullable);
+
+    let replaced = VarBinViewData::replace_invalid_views(views.clone(), &validity, &mut ctx)?;
+    assert_eq!(replaced[0], views[0]);
+    assert_eq!(replaced[1], BinaryView::empty_view());
+
+    let replaced = VarBinViewData::replace_invalid_views(views, &Validity::AllInvalid, &mut ctx)?;
+    assert!(
+        replaced
+            .iter()
+            .all(|view| *view == BinaryView::empty_view())
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[test]
+pub fn deserialize_null_views() -> VortexResult<()> {
+    let views = Buffer::<BinaryView>::copy_from(vec![
+        BinaryView::new_ref(14, *b"hell", 0, 0),
+        BinaryView::new_ref(13, *b"AAAA", 0xDEAD_BEEF, 0xF000_0000),
+    ]);
+    let buffers = Arc::new([ByteBuffer::from(b"hello world ololo".to_vec())]);
+    let dtype = DType::Utf8(Nullability::Nullable);
+    let buffer = BitBuffer::from_iter([true, false]);
+    let validity = Validity::from_bit_buffer(buffer, Nullability::Nullable);
+    let array = VarBinViewArray::try_new(views.clone(), buffers, dtype.clone(), validity)?;
+
+    let session = array_session();
+    let array_ctx = ArrayContext::empty();
+    let serialized =
+        array
+            .clone()
+            .into_array()
+            .serialize(&array_ctx, &session, &SerializeOptions::default())?;
+
+    let mut concat = ByteBufferMut::empty();
+    for buf in serialized {
+        concat.extend_from_slice(buf.as_ref());
+    }
+    let parts = SerializedArray::try_from(concat.freeze())?;
+    let decoded = parts.decode(
+        &dtype,
+        array.len(),
+        &ReadContext::new(array_ctx.to_ids()),
+        &session,
+    )?;
+
+    let decoded = decoded
+        .as_opt::<VarBinView>()
+        .ok_or_else(|| vortex_err!("expected VarBinView"))?;
+    assert_eq!(decoded.views()[0], views[0]);
+    assert_eq!(decoded.views()[1], BinaryView::empty_view());
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/vortex-array/src/arrays/varbinview/vtable/mod.rs b/vortex-array/src/arrays/varbinview/vtable/mod.rs
index 33e9ce289a5..2e55ef11e8b 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/arrays/varbinview/vtable/mod.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/arrays/varbinview/vtable/mod.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use crate::ArrayRef;
 use crate::EqMode;
 use crate::ExecutionCtx;
 use crate::ExecutionResult;
+use crate::VortexSessionExecute;
 use crate::array::Array;
 use crate::array::ArrayId;
 use crate::array::ArrayView;
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ impl VTable for VarBinView {
 
         buffers: &[BufferHandle],
         children: &dyn ArrayChildren,
-        _session: &VortexSession,
+        session: &VortexSession,
     ) -> VortexResult<ArrayParts<Self>> {
         if !metadata.is_empty() {
             vortex_bail!(
@@ -218,6 +219,11 @@ impl VTable for VarBinView {
             .map(|b| b.as_host().clone())
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
         let views = Buffer::<BinaryView>::from_byte_buffer(views_handle.clone().as_host().clone());
+        let views = VarBinViewData::replace_invalid_views(
+            views,
+            &validity,
+            &mut session.create_execution_ctx(),
+        )?;
 
         let data = VarBinViewData::try_new(
             views,