diff --git a/src/mbgl/tile/vector_tile.cpp b/src/mbgl/tile/vector_tile.cpp
index d22617dd0..96961e1da 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/tile/vector_tile.cpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/tile/vector_tile.cpp
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Value parseValue(protozero::pbf_reader data) {
             break;
         }
     }
-    return false;
+    return NullValue{};
 }
 
 VectorTileFeature::VectorTileFeature(protozero::pbf_reader feature_pbf, std::shared_ptr<VectorTileLayerData> layerData_)