diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Row.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Row.scala
index 13c22a7e9202f..4f6c9a8c703e3 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Row.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Row.scala
@@ -317,7 +317,10 @@ trait Row extends Serializable {
    *
    * @throws ClassCastException when data type does not match.
    */
-  def getSeq[T](i: Int): Seq[T] = getAs[scala.collection.Seq[T]](i).toSeq
+  def getSeq[T](i: Int): Seq[T] = {
+    val res = getAs[scala.collection.Seq[T]](i)
+    if (res != null) res.toSeq else null
+  }
 
   /**
    * Returns the value at position i of array type as `java.util.List`.
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/RowSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/RowSuite.scala
index fd9655fdbef42..9e8f3fbeaef44 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/RowSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/RowSuite.scala
@@ -105,4 +105,10 @@ class RowSuite extends SparkFunSuite with SharedSparkSession {
     val empty = Row()
     assert(empty.toString == "[]")
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-37654: row contains a null at the requested index should return null") {
+    assert(Row(Seq("value")).getSeq(0) === List("value"))
+    assert(Row(Seq()).getSeq(0) === List())
+    assert(Row(null).getSeq(0) === null)
+  }
 }