diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/AbstractOperations.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/AbstractOperations.java
index f1eba8d4b..7fc53e624 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/AbstractOperations.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/AbstractOperations.java
@@ -389,6 +389,10 @@ abstract class AbstractOperations<K, V> {
 	 */
 	GeoResults<GeoLocation<V>> deserializeGeoResults(GeoResults<GeoLocation<byte[]>> source) {
 
+		if (source == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
 		if (valueSerializer() == null) {
 			return (GeoResults<GeoLocation<V>>) (Object) source;
 		}