diff --git a/meilisearch/tests/documents/add_documents.rs b/meilisearch/tests/documents/add_documents.rs
index e553dcacd..e1530ccc0 100644
--- a/meilisearch/tests/documents/add_documents.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/tests/documents/add_documents.rs
@@ -1027,6 +1027,53 @@ async fn error_document_field_limit_reached() {
         @"");
 }
 
+#[actix_rt::test]
+async fn add_documents_with_geo_field() {
+    let server = Server::new().await;
+    let index = server.index("doggo");
+    index.update_settings(json!({"sortableAttributes": ["_geo"]})).await;
+
+    let documents = json!([
+        {
+            "id": "1",
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "2",
+            "_geo": null,
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "3",
+            "_geo": { "lat": 1, "lng": 1 },
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "4",
+            "_geo": { "lat": "1", "lng": "1" },
+        },
+    ]);
+
+    index.add_documents(documents, None).await;
+    let response = index.wait_task(1).await;
+    snapshot!(json_string!(response, { ".duration" => "[duration]", ".enqueuedAt" => "[date]", ".startedAt" => "[date]", ".finishedAt" => "[date]" }),
+        @r###"
+    {
+      "uid": 1,
+      "indexUid": "doggo",
+      "status": "succeeded",
+      "type": "documentAdditionOrUpdate",
+      "canceledBy": null,
+      "details": {
+        "receivedDocuments": 4,
+        "indexedDocuments": 4
+      },
+      "error": null,
+      "duration": "[duration]",
+      "enqueuedAt": "[date]",
+      "startedAt": "[date]",
+      "finishedAt": "[date]"
+    }
+    "###);
+}
+
 #[actix_rt::test]
 async fn add_documents_invalid_geo_field() {
     let server = Server::new().await;
diff --git a/milli/src/update/index_documents/enrich.rs b/milli/src/update/index_documents/enrich.rs
index ed04e9962..09599ac82 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/index_documents/enrich.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/index_documents/enrich.rs
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ pub fn validate_geo_from_json(id: &DocumentId, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<StdResult
             (Some(_), None) => Ok(Err(MissingLongitude { document_id: debug_id() })),
             (None, None) => Ok(Err(MissingLatitudeAndLongitude { document_id: debug_id() })),
         },
+        Value::Null => Ok(Ok(())),
         value => Ok(Err(NotAnObject { document_id: debug_id(), value })),
     }
 }
diff --git a/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/extract_geo_points.rs b/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/extract_geo_points.rs
index 55044e712..ddb38abe5 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/extract_geo_points.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/extract_geo_points.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ pub fn extract_geo_points<R: io::Read + io::Seek>(
         } else if lat.is_some() && lng.is_none() {
             return Err(GeoError::MissingLongitude { document_id: document_id() })?;
         }
+        // else => the _geo object was `null`, there is nothing to do
     }
 
     writer_into_reader(writer)