diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/segment/UnnestStorageAdapter.java b/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/segment/UnnestStorageAdapter.java
index 83694d9618d5..02f8c0064aa2 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/segment/UnnestStorageAdapter.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/segment/UnnestStorageAdapter.java
@@ -478,13 +478,16 @@ private List<Filter> recursiveRewriteOnUnnestFilters(
     for (Filter filter : queryFilter.getFilters()) {
       if (filter.getRequiredColumns().contains(outputColumnName)) {
         if (filter instanceof AndFilter) {
-          preFilterList.add(new AndFilter(recursiveRewriteOnUnnestFilters(
+          List<Filter> andChildFilters = recursiveRewriteOnUnnestFilters(
               (BooleanFilter) filter,
               inputColumn,
               inputColumnCapabilites,
               filterSplitter,
               isTopLevelAndFilter
-          )));
+          );
+          if (!andChildFilters.isEmpty()) {
+            preFilterList.add(new AndFilter(andChildFilters));
+          }
         } else if (filter instanceof OrFilter) {
           // in case of Or Fiters, we set isTopLevelAndFilter to false that prevents pushing down any child filters to base
           List<Filter> orChildFilters = recursiveRewriteOnUnnestFilters(
diff --git a/sql/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/sql/calcite/CalciteArraysQueryTest.java b/sql/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/sql/calcite/CalciteArraysQueryTest.java
index 4842044892dc..df4e9b62cc9e 100644
--- a/sql/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/sql/calcite/CalciteArraysQueryTest.java
+++ b/sql/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/sql/calcite/CalciteArraysQueryTest.java
@@ -4807,4 +4807,52 @@ public void testUnnestWithGroupByHavingWithWhereOnUnnestCol()
         )
     );
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testUnnestVirtualWithColumnsAndNullIf()
+  {
+    skipVectorize();
+    cannotVectorize();
+    testQuery(
+        "select c,m2 from druid.foo, unnest(ARRAY[\"m1\", \"m2\"]) as u(c) where NULLIF(c,m2) IS NULL",
+        QUERY_CONTEXT_UNNEST,
+        ImmutableList.of(
+            Druids.newScanQueryBuilder()
+                  .dataSource(UnnestDataSource.create(
+                      new TableDataSource(CalciteTests.DATASOURCE1),
+                      expressionVirtualColumn("j0.unnest", "array(\"m1\",\"m2\")", ColumnType.FLOAT_ARRAY),
+                      null
+                  ))
+                  .intervals(querySegmentSpec(Filtration.eternity()))
+                  .resultFormat(ScanQuery.ResultFormat.RESULT_FORMAT_COMPACTED_LIST)
+                  .filters(
+                      useDefault ? expressionFilter("(\"j0.unnest\" == \"m2\")") :
+                      or(
+                          expressionFilter("(\"j0.unnest\" == \"m2\")"),
+                          and(
+                              isNull("j0.unnest"),
+                              not(expressionFilter("(\"j0.unnest\" == \"m2\")"))
+                          )
+                      ))
+                  .legacy(false)
+                  .context(QUERY_CONTEXT_UNNEST)
+                  .columns(ImmutableList.of("j0.unnest", "m2"))
+                  .build()
+        ),
+        ImmutableList.of(
+            new Object[]{1.0f, 1.0D},
+            new Object[]{1.0f, 1.0D},
+            new Object[]{2.0f, 2.0D},
+            new Object[]{2.0f, 2.0D},
+            new Object[]{3.0f, 3.0D},
+            new Object[]{3.0f, 3.0D},
+            new Object[]{4.0f, 4.0D},
+            new Object[]{4.0f, 4.0D},
+            new Object[]{5.0f, 5.0D},
+            new Object[]{5.0f, 5.0D},
+            new Object[]{6.0f, 6.0D},
+            new Object[]{6.0f, 6.0D}
+        )
+    );
+  }
 }