diff --git a/datafusion/physical-expr/src/array_expressions.rs b/datafusion/physical-expr/src/array_expressions.rs
index 9de2561d4ea08..83e2b3953ccb8 100644
--- a/datafusion/physical-expr/src/array_expressions.rs
+++ b/datafusion/physical-expr/src/array_expressions.rs
@@ -1633,7 +1633,7 @@ fn general_set_op(
     match (array1.data_type(), array2.data_type()) {
         (DataType::Null, DataType::List(field)) => {
             if set_op == SetOp::Intersect {
-                return make_array(dbg!(&[]));
+                return Ok(new_empty_array(&DataType::Null));
             }
             let array = as_list_array(&array2)?;
             general_array_distinct::<i32>(array, field)
@@ -1660,7 +1660,7 @@ fn general_set_op(
             let array = as_large_list_array(&array1)?;
             general_array_distinct::<i64>(array, field)
         }
-        (DataType::Null, DataType::Null) => make_array(&[]),
+        (DataType::Null, DataType::Null) => return Ok(new_empty_array(&DataType::Null)),
 
         (DataType::List(_), DataType::List(_)) => {
             let array1 = as_list_array(&array1)?;
diff --git a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/array.slt b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/array.slt
index 45fec6fb4befe..3e76357ff2e84 100644
--- a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/array.slt
+++ b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/array.slt
@@ -2116,7 +2116,7 @@ select array_union(null, []);
 query ?
 select array_union(null, null);
 ----
-[]
+NULL
 
 # array_union scalar function #11
 query ?
@@ -3051,7 +3051,7 @@ select array_intersect([1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3], null);
 query ?
 select array_intersect(null, [1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3]);
 ----
-[]
+NULL
 
 query ?
 select array_intersect([], null);
@@ -3061,12 +3061,12 @@ select array_intersect([], null);
 query ?
 select array_intersect(null, []);
 ----
-[]
+NULL
 
 query ?
 select array_intersect(null, null);
 ----
-[]
+NULL
 
 query ??????
 SELECT  list_intersect(make_array(1,2,3), make_array(2,3,4)),