diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/filter2/dictionarylevel/DictionaryFilter.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/filter2/dictionarylevel/DictionaryFilter.java
index ecd104327f..52e1458fb6 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/filter2/dictionarylevel/DictionaryFilter.java
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/filter2/dictionarylevel/DictionaryFilter.java
@@ -189,7 +189,10 @@ public <T extends Comparable<T>> Boolean visit(NotEq<T> notEq) {
 
     try {
       Set<T> dictSet = expandDictionary(meta);
-      if (dictSet != null && dictSet.size() == 1 && dictSet.contains(value)) {
+      boolean mayContainNull = (meta.getStatistics() == null
+          || !meta.getStatistics().isNumNullsSet()
+          || meta.getStatistics().getNumNulls() > 0);
+      if (dictSet != null && dictSet.size() == 1 && dictSet.contains(value) && !mayContainNull) {
         return BLOCK_CANNOT_MATCH;
       }
     } catch (IOException e) {
diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/filter2/dictionarylevel/DictionaryFilterTest.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/filter2/dictionarylevel/DictionaryFilterTest.java
index 39db6d4be8..6af4437249 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/filter2/dictionarylevel/DictionaryFilterTest.java
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/filter2/dictionarylevel/DictionaryFilterTest.java
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ public class DictionaryFilterTest {
       "message test { "
           + "required binary binary_field; "
           + "required binary single_value_field; "
+          + "optional binary optional_single_value_field; "
           + "required fixed_len_byte_array(17) fixed_field (DECIMAL(40,4)); "
           + "required int32 int32_field; "
           + "required int64 int64_field; "
@@ -165,6 +166,11 @@ private static void writeData(SimpleGroupFactory f, ParquetWriter<Group> writer)
               ALPHABET.substring(index, index+1) : UUID.randomUUID().toString())
           .append("int96_field", INT96_VALUES[i % INT96_VALUES.length]);
 
+      // 10% of the time, leave the field null
+      if (index % 10 > 0) {
+        group.append("optional_single_value_field", "sharp");
+      }
+
       writer.write(group);
     }
     writer.close();
@@ -256,7 +262,7 @@ public void testDictionaryEncodedColumns() throws Exception {
   @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
   private void testDictionaryEncodedColumnsV1() throws Exception {
     Set<String> dictionaryEncodedColumns = new HashSet<String>(Arrays.asList(
-        "binary_field", "single_value_field", "int32_field", "int64_field",
+        "binary_field", "single_value_field", "optional_single_value_field", "int32_field", "int64_field",
         "double_field", "float_field", "int96_field"));
     for (ColumnChunkMetaData column : ccmd) {
       String name = column.getPath().toDotString();
@@ -281,7 +287,7 @@ private void testDictionaryEncodedColumnsV1() throws Exception {
 
   private void testDictionaryEncodedColumnsV2() throws Exception {
     Set<String> dictionaryEncodedColumns = new HashSet<String>(Arrays.asList(
-        "binary_field", "single_value_field", "fixed_field", "int32_field",
+        "binary_field", "single_value_field", "optional_single_value_field", "fixed_field", "int32_field",
         "int64_field", "double_field", "float_field", "int96_field"));
     for (ColumnChunkMetaData column : ccmd) {
       EncodingStats encStats = column.getEncodingStats();
@@ -355,6 +361,7 @@ public void testEqInt96() throws Exception {
   @Test
   public void testNotEqBinary() throws Exception {
     BinaryColumn sharp = binaryColumn("single_value_field");
+    BinaryColumn sharpAndNull = binaryColumn("optional_single_value_field");
     BinaryColumn b = binaryColumn("binary_field");
 
     assertTrue("Should drop block with only the excluded value",
@@ -363,6 +370,12 @@ public void testNotEqBinary() throws Exception {
     assertFalse("Should not drop block with any other value",
         canDrop(notEq(sharp, Binary.fromString("applause")), ccmd, dictionaries));
 
+    assertFalse("Should not drop block with only the excluded value and null",
+        canDrop(notEq(sharpAndNull, Binary.fromString("sharp")), ccmd, dictionaries));
+
+    assertFalse("Should not drop block with any other value",
+        canDrop(notEq(sharpAndNull, Binary.fromString("applause")), ccmd, dictionaries));
+
     assertFalse("Should not drop block with a known value",
         canDrop(notEq(b, Binary.fromString("x")), ccmd, dictionaries));