diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java
index dc7327246..525146dd3 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 			return conversionService.convert(obj, target);
 		}
 
-		if (null != obj && conversions.isSimpleType(obj.getClass())) {
+		if (conversions.isSimpleType(obj.getClass())) {
 			// Doesn't need conversion
 			return getPotentiallyConvertedSimpleWrite(obj);
 		}
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstractMongoQuery.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstractMongoQuery.java
index 51fdc88c5..278fd89b3 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstractMongoQuery.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstractMongoQuery.java
@@ -264,7 +264,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractMongoQuery implements RepositoryQuery {
 		private boolean isListOfGeoResult() {
 
 			TypeInformation<?> returnType = method.getReturnType();
-			return returnType.getType().equals(List.class) && GeoResult.class.equals(returnType.getComponentType());
+
+			if (!returnType.getType().equals(List.class)) {
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			TypeInformation<?> componentType = returnType.getComponentType();
+			return componentType == null ? false : GeoResult.class.equals(componentType.getType());
 		}
 	}
 }