diff --git a/src/initialize_dae.jl b/src/initialize_dae.jl
index 5d38c3945d..0067eeaaaf 100644
--- a/src/initialize_dae.jl
+++ b/src/initialize_dae.jl
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ function DiffEqBase.initialize_dae!(integrator::ODEIntegrator,
         Val(DiffEqBase.isinplace(integrator.sol.prob)))
 end
 
+function DiffEqBase.initialize_dae!(integrator::DiffEqBase.NullODEIntegrator)
+    _initialize_dae!(integrator, integrator.sol.prob,
+        OverrideInit(),
+        Val(DiffEqBase.isinplace(integrator.sol.prob)))
+end
+
 ## Default algorithms
 
 function _initialize_dae!(integrator, prob::ODEProblem,
@@ -135,11 +141,15 @@ function _initialize_dae!(integrator, prob::Union{ODEProblem, DAEProblem},
         alg::OverrideInit, isinplace::Union{Val{true}, Val{false}})
     initializeprob = prob.f.initializeprob
     if initializeprob.f.sys !== nothing && prob.f.sys !== nothing
-        initu0vars = variable_symbols(initializeprob)
-        initu0order = variable_index.((initializeprob,), initu0vars)
-        # Variable symbols are not guaranteed to be in order
-        invpermute!(initu0vars, initu0order)
-        initu0 = getu(prob.f.initializeprob, initu0vars)(prob)
+        if initializeprob.u0 === nothing || isempty(initializeprob.u0)
+            initu0 = Float64[]
+        else
+            initu0vars = variable_symbols(initializeprob)
+            initu0order = variable_index.((initializeprob,), initu0vars)
+            # Variable symbols are not guaranteed to be in order
+            invpermute!(initu0vars, initu0order)
+            initu0 = getu(prob.f.initializeprob, initu0vars)(prob)
+        end
         initp = remake_buffer(initializeprob, parameter_values(initializeprob),
             Dict(sym => getu(prob, sym)(prob) for sym in parameter_symbols(initializeprob)))
         initializeprob = remake(initializeprob; u0 = initu0, p = initp)
@@ -147,15 +157,30 @@ function _initialize_dae!(integrator, prob::Union{ODEProblem, DAEProblem},
     # If it doesn't have autodiff, assume it comes from symbolic system like ModelingToolkit
     # Since then it's the case of not a DAE but has initializeprob
     # In which case, it should be differentiable
-    isAD = has_autodiff(integrator.alg) ? alg_autodiff(integrator.alg) isa AutoForwardDiff :
-           true
+    isAD = if !isdefined(integrator, :alg)
+        false
+    elseif has_autodiff(integrator.alg)
+        alg_autodiff(integrator.alg) isa AutoForwardDiff
+    else
+       true
+    end
 
     alg = default_nlsolve(alg.nlsolve, isinplace, initializeprob.u0, initializeprob, isAD)
     nlsol = solve(initializeprob, alg)
     if isinplace === Val{true}()
-        integrator.u .= prob.f.initializeprobmap(nlsol)
+        if prob.u0 !== nothing && !isempty(prob.u0)
+            integrator.u .= prob.f.initializeprobmap(nlsol)
+        end
+        if SciMLBase.has_initializeprob_updatep(prob.f)
+            prob.f.initializeprob_updatep!(integrator.p, nlsol)
+        end
     elseif isinplace === Val{false}()
-        integrator.u = prob.f.initializeprobmap(nlsol)
+        if prob.u0 !== nothing && !isempty(prob.u0)
+            integrator.u .= prob.f.initializeprobmap(nlsol)
+        end
+        if SciMLBase.has_initializeprob_updatep(prob.f)
+            prob.f.initializeprob_updatep!(integrator.p, nlsol)
+        end
     else
         error("Unreachable reached. Report this error.")
     end