diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/incremental/IncrementalIndexStorageAdapter.java b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/incremental/IncrementalIndexStorageAdapter.java
index 56a0e103dd00..64acece175ef 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/incremental/IncrementalIndexStorageAdapter.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/incremental/IncrementalIndexStorageAdapter.java
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ public ValueMatcher makeValueMatcher(String dimension, final Predicate predicate
     {
       IncrementalIndex.DimensionDesc dimensionDesc = index.getDimension(dimension);
       if (dimensionDesc == null) {
-        return new BooleanValueMatcher(false);
+        return new BooleanValueMatcher(predicate.apply(null));
       }
       final int dimIndex = dimensionDesc.getIndex();
       final IncrementalIndex.DimDim dimDim = dimensionDesc.getValues();