diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e69de29bb..e97214632 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Fixes access on deeply nested, nonexistent property. (#1432)
diff --git a/spec/v1/providers/database.spec.ts b/spec/v1/providers/database.spec.ts
index 874b1de29..18d973b1d 100644
--- a/spec/v1/providers/database.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/v1/providers/database.spec.ts
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ describe("DataSnapshot", () => {
       populate(applyChange({ a: 23 }, { b: 33 }));
       expect(subject.child("a/b").val()).to.be.null;
       expect(subject.child("b/c").val()).to.be.null;
+      expect(subject.child("a/b/c").val()).to.be.null;
     });
 
     it("should return a leaf value", () => {
diff --git a/src/common/providers/database.ts b/src/common/providers/database.ts
index 33250f4c0..1200cc73a 100644
--- a/src/common/providers/database.ts
+++ b/src/common/providers/database.ts
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ export class DataSnapshot implements database.DataSnapshot {
     let source = this._data;
     if (parts.length) {
       for (const part of parts) {
+        if (source[part] === undefined) {
+          return null;
+        }
         source = source[part];
       }
     }