diff --git a/llx/builtin_simple.go b/llx/builtin_simple.go
index f921e39013..6b349eb0e7 100644
--- a/llx/builtin_simple.go
+++ b/llx/builtin_simple.go
@@ -200,11 +200,11 @@ func chunkNeqTrueV2(e *blockExecutor, bind *RawData, chunk *Chunk, ref uint64) (
 }
 
 func bindingEqNil(e *blockExecutor, bind *RawData, chunk *Chunk, ref uint64) (*RawData, uint64, error) {
-	return BoolData(bind == nil), 0, nil
+	return BoolData(bind.Value == nil), 0, nil
 }
 
 func bindingNeqNil(e *blockExecutor, bind *RawData, chunk *Chunk, ref uint64) (*RawData, uint64, error) {
-	return BoolData(bind != nil), 0, nil
+	return BoolData(bind.Value != nil), 0, nil
 }
 
 // raw operator handling
diff --git a/mql/mql_test.go b/mql/mql_test.go
index 93f03d53bb..9115ec5d61 100644
--- a/mql/mql_test.go
+++ b/mql/mql_test.go
@@ -169,6 +169,26 @@ func TestNullResources(t *testing.T) {
 			ResultIndex: 0,
 			Expectation: nil,
 		},
+		{
+			Code:        "muser.nullgroup == null",
+			ResultIndex: 1,
+			Expectation: true,
+		},
+		{
+			Code:        "muser.nullgroup == empty",
+			ResultIndex: 2,
+			Expectation: true,
+		},
+		{
+			Code:        "muser.groups.where(null) == empty",
+			ResultIndex: 2,
+			Expectation: false,
+		},
+		{
+			Code:        "muser.groups.where(name == '') == empty",
+			ResultIndex: 2,
+			Expectation: true,
+		},
 		{
 			Code:        "muser.groups",
 			ResultIndex: 0,