diff --git a/src/TreeInterpreter.ts b/src/TreeInterpreter.ts
index adc0bfb..923efd6 100644
--- a/src/TreeInterpreter.ts
+++ b/src/TreeInterpreter.ts
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ export class TreeInterpreter {
       case 'Subexpression':
         result = this.visit((node as ExpressionNode).children[0], value);
         for (i = 1; i < (node as ExpressionNode).children.length; i += 1) {
-          result = this.visit((node as ExpressionNode).children[1], result);
           if (result === null) {
             return null;
           }
+          result = this.visit((node as ExpressionNode).children[1], result);
         }
         return result;
       case 'IndexExpression':
@@ -184,9 +184,6 @@ export class TreeInterpreter {
       case 'Identity':
         return value;
       case 'MultiSelectList':
-        if (value === null) {
-          return null;
-        }
         collected = [];
         for (i = 0; i < (node as ExpressionNode).children.length; i += 1) {
           collected.push(this.visit((node as ExpressionNode).children[i], value));
diff --git a/test/compliance/pipe.json b/test/compliance/pipe.json
index b10c0a4..3f1f15d 100644
--- a/test/compliance/pipe.json
+++ b/test/compliance/pipe.json
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@
     {
       "expression": "foo[*].bar[*] | [0][0]",
       "result": {"baz": "one"}
+    },
+    {
+      "expression": "`null`|[@]",
+      "result": [ null ]
     }
   ]
 }]