diff --git a/doc/82-Changelog.md b/doc/82-Changelog.md
index 686afaf3c..87962bc73 100644
--- a/doc/82-Changelog.md
+++ b/doc/82-Changelog.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ v1.10.2 (unreleased)
 * FIX: triggering Sync manually produced an error on PostgreSQL (#2636)
 * FIX: purge stopped working for objects with uppercase characters (#2627)
 * FIX: Notification Apply rule is now possible (wasn't since v1.8) (#2142, #2634)
+* FIX: nested property access with intermediate NULL values now gives NULL (#2474, #2584)
 
 ### Configuration Baskets
 * FEATURE: more details shown in error messages related to invalid characters (#2646)
diff --git a/library/Director/Import/SyncUtils.php b/library/Director/Import/SyncUtils.php
index 6b317c0d1..5528b2de0 100644
--- a/library/Director/Import/SyncUtils.php
+++ b/library/Director/Import/SyncUtils.php
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ public static function getSpecificValue($row, $var)
             if (! property_exists($row, $main)) {
                 return null;
             }
+            if ($row->$main === null) {
+                return null;
+            }
 
             if (! is_object($row->$main)) {
                 throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf(
@@ -107,12 +110,12 @@ public static function getSpecificValue($row, $var)
     /**
      * Fill variables in the given string pattern
      *
-     * This replaces all occurances of ${var_name} with the corresponding
+     * This replaces all occurrences of ${var_name} with the corresponding
      * property $row->var_name of the given row object. Missing variables are
      * replaced by an empty string. This works also fine in case there are
      * multiple variables to be found in your string.
      *
-     * @param  string $string String with opional variables/placeholders
+     * @param  string $string String with optional variables/placeholders
      * @param  object $row    stdClass object providing property values
      *
      * @return string