diff --git a/presto-orc/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/orc/reader/SliceDictionarySelectiveReader.java b/presto-orc/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/orc/reader/SliceDictionarySelectiveReader.java
index 27e364d2b79bb..c8f5ba7e7926b 100644
--- a/presto-orc/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/orc/reader/SliceDictionarySelectiveReader.java
+++ b/presto-orc/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/orc/reader/SliceDictionarySelectiveReader.java
@@ -411,6 +411,9 @@ public BlockLease getBlockView(int[] positions, int positionCount)
         checkState(positionCount <= outputPositionCount, "Not enough values");
         checkState(!valuesInUse, "BlockLease hasn't been closed yet");
 
+        if (allNulls) {
+            return newLease(new RunLengthEncodedBlock(outputType.createBlockBuilder(null, 1).appendNull().build(), positionCount));
+        }
         if (positionCount < outputPositionCount) {
             compactValues(positions, positionCount);
         }