diff --git a/datafusion/functions-nested/src/set_ops.rs b/datafusion/functions-nested/src/set_ops.rs
index a8dd857947b12..69a220e125c04 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions-nested/src/set_ops.rs
+++ b/datafusion/functions-nested/src/set_ops.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use arrow::array::{
     Array, ArrayRef, GenericListArray, LargeListArray, ListArray, OffsetSizeTrait,
     new_null_array,
 };
-use arrow::buffer::OffsetBuffer;
+use arrow::buffer::{NullBuffer, OffsetBuffer};
 use arrow::compute;
 use arrow::datatypes::DataType::{LargeList, List, Null};
 use arrow::datatypes::{DataType, Field, FieldRef};
@@ -363,18 +363,23 @@ fn generic_set_lists<OffsetSize: OffsetSizeTrait>(
 
     let mut offsets = vec![OffsetSize::usize_as(0)];
     let mut new_arrays = vec![];
+    let mut new_null_buf = vec![];
     let converter = RowConverter::new(vec![SortField::new(l.value_type())])?;
     for (first_arr, second_arr) in l.iter().zip(r.iter()) {
+        let mut ele_should_be_null = false;
+
         let l_values = if let Some(first_arr) = first_arr {
             converter.convert_columns(&[first_arr])?
         } else {
-            converter.convert_columns(&[])?
+            ele_should_be_null = true;
+            converter.empty_rows(0, 0)
         };
 
         let r_values = if let Some(second_arr) = second_arr {
             converter.convert_columns(&[second_arr])?
         } else {
-            converter.convert_columns(&[])?
+            ele_should_be_null = true;
+            converter.empty_rows(0, 0)
         };
 
         let l_iter = l_values.iter().sorted().dedup();
@@ -414,13 +419,19 @@ fn generic_set_lists<OffsetSize: OffsetSizeTrait>(
             }
         };
 
+        new_null_buf.push(!ele_should_be_null);
         new_arrays.push(array);
     }
 
     let offsets = OffsetBuffer::new(offsets.into());
     let new_arrays_ref: Vec<_> = new_arrays.iter().map(|v| v.as_ref()).collect();
     let values = compute::concat(&new_arrays_ref)?;
-    let arr = GenericListArray::<OffsetSize>::try_new(field, offsets, values, None)?;
+    let arr = GenericListArray::<OffsetSize>::try_new(
+        field,
+        offsets,
+        values,
+        Some(NullBuffer::new(new_null_buf.into())),
+    )?;
     Ok(Arc::new(arr))
 }
 
diff --git a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/array.slt b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/array.slt
index 35e25a15bebba..c31f3d0702358 100644
--- a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/array.slt
+++ b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/array.slt
@@ -503,6 +503,17 @@ AS
 FROM array_intersect_table_1D_UTF8
 ;
 
+statement ok
+CREATE TABLE array_intersect_table_1D_NULL
+AS VALUES
+  ([1, 2, 2, 3], [2, 3, 4]),
+  ([2, 3, 3], [3]),
+  ([3], [3, 3, 4]),
+  (null, [3, 4]),
+  ([1, 2], null),
+  (null, null)
+;
+
 statement ok
 CREATE TABLE array_intersect_table_2D
 AS VALUES
@@ -4816,6 +4827,16 @@ select array_union(arrow_cast(['hello'], 'LargeList(Utf8)'), arrow_cast(['hello'
 ----
 [hello, datafusion]
 
+query ?
+select array_union(column1, column2)
+from array_intersect_table_1D_NULL;
+----
+[1, 2, 3, 4]
+[2, 3]
+[3, 4]
+NULL
+NULL
+NULL
 
 # list_to_string scalar function #4 (function alias `array_to_string`)
 query TTT
@@ -6765,6 +6786,17 @@ from large_array_intersect_table_1D_UTF8;
 [bc] [arrow, rust] []
 [] [arrow, datafusion, rust] [arrow, rust]
 
+query ?
+select array_intersect(column1, column2)
+from array_intersect_table_1D_NULL;
+----
+[2, 3]
+[3]
+[3]
+NULL
+NULL
+NULL
+
 query ??
 select array_intersect(column1, column2),
        array_intersect(column3, column4)