diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/types/PhysicalDataType.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/types/PhysicalDataType.scala
index c43b81915a70..f80aee4c8cbe 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/types/PhysicalDataType.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/types/PhysicalDataType.scala
@@ -242,8 +242,7 @@ case class PhysicalMapType(keyType: DataType, valueType: DataType, valueContains
 
 class PhysicalNullType() extends PhysicalDataType with PhysicalPrimitiveType {
   override private[sql] def ordering =
-    throw QueryExecutionErrors.orderedOperationUnsupportedByDataTypeError(
-      "PhysicalNullType")
+    implicitly[Ordering[Unit]].asInstanceOf[Ordering[Any]]
   override private[sql] type InternalType = Any
   @transient private[sql] lazy val tag = typeTag[InternalType]
 }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
index 302b05e9b5ce..4000475404f2 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils
 import org.apache.spark.{AccumulatorSuite, SPARK_DOC_ROOT, SparkArithmeticException, SparkDateTimeException, SparkException, SparkNumberFormatException, SparkRuntimeException}
 import org.apache.spark.scheduler.{SparkListener, SparkListenerJobStart}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.ExtendedAnalysisException
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{GenericRow, Hex}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{CodegenObjectFactoryMode, GenericRow, Hex}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.Cast._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.aggregate.{Complete, Partial}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.optimizer.{ConvertToLocalRelation, NestedColumnAliasingSuite}
@@ -1430,6 +1430,17 @@ class SQLQuerySuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession with AdaptiveSpark
     }
   }
 
+  test("SPARK-49200: Fix null type non-codegen ordering exception") {
+    withSQLConf(
+        SQLConf.CODEGEN_FACTORY_MODE.key -> CodegenObjectFactoryMode.NO_CODEGEN.toString,
+        SQLConf.OPTIMIZER_EXCLUDED_RULES.key ->
+          "org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.optimizer.EliminateSorts") {
+      checkAnswer(
+        sql("SELECT * FROM range(3) ORDER BY array(null)"),
+        Seq(Row(0), Row(1), Row(2)))
+    }
+  }
+
   test("SPARK-8837: use keyword in column name") {
     withTempView("t") {
       val df = Seq(1 -> "a").toDF("count", "sort")