diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/converter/DefaultJobParametersConverter.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/converter/DefaultJobParametersConverter.java
index 83c4ea19e..3f1720a38 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/converter/DefaultJobParametersConverter.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/converter/DefaultJobParametersConverter.java
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ public class DefaultJobParametersConverter implements JobParametersConverter {
 			String key = entry.getKey();
 			JobParameter jobParameter = entry.getValue();
 			Object value = jobParameter.getValue();
+			if (value == null) {
+				continue; //skip null parameters 
+			}
 			if (jobParameter.getType() == ParameterType.DATE) {
 				result.setProperty(key + DATE_TYPE, dateFormat.format(value));
 			}
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/converter/DefaultJobParametersConverterTests.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/converter/DefaultJobParametersConverterTests.java
index 7fa4fe442..6d8aa1397 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/converter/DefaultJobParametersConverterTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/converter/DefaultJobParametersConverterTests.java
@@ -252,4 +252,21 @@ public class DefaultJobParametersConverterTests {
 	private boolean contains(String str, String searchStr) {
 		return str.indexOf(searchStr) != -1;
 	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testGetPropertiesWithNullValues() throws Exception {
+		
+		JobParameters parameters = new JobParametersBuilder().addDate("schedule.date", null)
+				.addString("job.key", null).addLong("vendor.id", null).addDouble("double.key", null)
+				.toJobParameters();
+		
+		Properties props = factory.getProperties(parameters);
+		assertNotNull(props);
+		
+		final String NOT_FOUND = "NOT FOUND";
+		assertEquals(NOT_FOUND, props.getProperty("schedule.date", NOT_FOUND));  
+		assertEquals(NOT_FOUND, props.getProperty("job.key", NOT_FOUND));  
+		assertEquals(NOT_FOUND, props.getProperty("vendor.id", NOT_FOUND));  
+		assertEquals(NOT_FOUND, props.getProperty("double.key", NOT_FOUND));  
+	}
 }