diff --git a/spring-graphql/src/main/java/org/springframework/graphql/data/GraphQlArgumentBinder.java b/spring-graphql/src/main/java/org/springframework/graphql/data/GraphQlArgumentBinder.java
index a5b9686c6..63ef26e3a 100644
--- a/spring-graphql/src/main/java/org/springframework/graphql/data/GraphQlArgumentBinder.java
+++ b/spring-graphql/src/main/java/org/springframework/graphql/data/GraphQlArgumentBinder.java
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ private <T> Collection<T> createCollection(
 		int i = 0;
 		for (Object rawValue : rawCollection) {
 			segments.push("[" + i++ + "]");
-			if (elementClass.isAssignableFrom(rawValue.getClass())) {
+			if (rawValue == null || elementClass.isAssignableFrom(rawValue.getClass())) {
 				collection.add((T) rawValue);
 			}
 			else if (rawValue instanceof Map) {
diff --git a/spring-graphql/src/test/java/org/springframework/graphql/data/GraphQlArgumentBinderTests.java b/spring-graphql/src/test/java/org/springframework/graphql/data/GraphQlArgumentBinderTests.java
index 394920ffb..23fe3e78f 100644
--- a/spring-graphql/src/test/java/org/springframework/graphql/data/GraphQlArgumentBinderTests.java
+++ b/spring-graphql/src/test/java/org/springframework/graphql/data/GraphQlArgumentBinderTests.java
@@ -16,11 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.graphql.data;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.*;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.IntStream;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
@@ -29,6 +25,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import graphql.schema.DataFetchingEnvironment;
 import graphql.schema.DataFetchingEnvironmentImpl;
+import org.assertj.core.api.CollectionAssert;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
@@ -268,6 +265,44 @@ void shouldHaveHigherDefaultAutoGrowLimit() throws Exception {
 		assertThat(((ItemListHolder) result).getItems()).hasSize(260);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	void list() throws Exception {
+		Object result = this.binder.bind(
+				environment("{\"key\": [\"1\", \"2\", \"3\"]}"),
+				"key",
+				ResolvableType.forClassWithGenerics(List.class, String.class)
+		);
+
+		assertThat(result).isNotNull().isInstanceOf(List.class);
+		CollectionAssert.assertThatCollection((List<String>) result).containsExactly("1", "2", "3");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	void listWithNullItem() throws Exception {
+		Object result = this.binder.bind(
+				environment("{\"key\": [\"1\", null, \"3\"]}"),
+				"key",
+				ResolvableType.forClassWithGenerics(List.class, String.class)
+		);
+
+		assertThat(result).isNotNull().isInstanceOf(List.class);
+		CollectionAssert.assertThatCollection((List<String>) result).containsExactly("1", null, "3");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	void emptyList() throws Exception {
+		Object result = this.binder.bind(
+				environment("{\"key\": []}"),
+				"key",
+				ResolvableType.forClassWithGenerics(List.class, String.class)
+		);
+
+		assertThat(result).isNotNull().isInstanceOf(List.class);
+		CollectionAssert.assertThatCollection((List<String>) result).isEmpty();
+	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	private DataFetchingEnvironment environment(String jsonPayload) throws JsonProcessingException {