diff --git a/vortex-array/src/arrays/primitive/compute/take/mod.rs b/vortex-array/src/arrays/primitive/compute/take/mod.rs
index 4023991c65d..b8799a74369 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/arrays/primitive/compute/take/mod.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/arrays/primitive/compute/take/mod.rs
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ use vortex_buffer::Buffer;
 use vortex_buffer::BufferMut;
 use vortex_error::VortexResult;
 use vortex_error::vortex_bail;
+use vortex_mask::Mask;
 
 use crate::ArrayRef;
 use crate::IntoArray;
 use crate::array::ArrayView;
+use crate::arrays::ConstantArray;
 use crate::arrays::Primitive;
 use crate::arrays::PrimitiveArray;
 use crate::arrays::dict::TakeExecute;
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ use crate::dtype::NativePType;
 use crate::executor::ExecutionCtx;
 use crate::match_each_integer_ptype;
 use crate::match_each_native_ptype;
+use crate::scalar::Scalar;
 use crate::validity::Validity;
 
 // Kernel selection happens on the first call to `take` and uses a combination of compile-time
@@ -81,19 +84,36 @@ impl TakeExecute for Primitive {
             vortex_bail!("Invalid indices dtype: {}", indices.dtype())
         };
 
+        let indices_validity = indices.validity()?;
+        // Null index lanes are semantically ignored, but their physical values may be out of
+        // bounds. Redirect those lanes to zero for the cast/gather, then restore the original index
+        // validity below.
+        let indices_nulls_zeroed = match indices_validity.execute_mask(indices.len(), ctx)? {
+            Mask::AllTrue(_) => indices.clone(),
+            Mask::AllFalse(_) => {
+                return Ok(Some(
+                    ConstantArray::new(Scalar::null(array.dtype().as_nullable()), indices.len())
+                        .into_array(),
+                ));
+            }
+            Mask::Values(_) => indices
+                .clone()
+                .fill_null(Scalar::from(0).cast(indices.dtype())?)?,
+        };
+
         let unsigned_indices = if ptype.is_unsigned_int() {
-            indices.clone().execute::<PrimitiveArray>(ctx)?
+            indices_nulls_zeroed.execute::<PrimitiveArray>(ctx)?
         } else {
             // This will fail if all values cannot be converted to unsigned
-            indices
-                .clone()
+            indices_nulls_zeroed
                 .cast(DType::Primitive(ptype.to_unsigned(), *null))?
                 .execute::<PrimitiveArray>(ctx)?
         };
 
         let validity = array
             .validity()?
-            .take(&unsigned_indices.clone().into_array())?;
+            .take(&unsigned_indices.clone().into_array())?
+            .and(indices_validity)?;
         // Delegate to the best kernel based on the target CPU
         {
             let unsigned_indices = unsigned_indices.as_view();
@@ -200,3 +220,30 @@ mod test {
         test_take_conformance(&array.into_array());
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use vortex_buffer::buffer;
+
+    use crate::IntoArray;
+    use crate::arrays::BoolArray;
+    use crate::arrays::PrimitiveArray;
+    use crate::assert_arrays_eq;
+    use crate::validity::Validity;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn take_null_index_skips_out_of_bounds_value() {
+        let values = PrimitiveArray::from_iter([10i32, 20, 30]);
+        let indices = PrimitiveArray::new(
+            buffer![1u64, 3],
+            Validity::Array(BoolArray::from_iter([true, false]).into_array()),
+        );
+
+        let taken = values.take(indices.into_array()).unwrap();
+
+        assert_arrays_eq!(
+            taken,
+            PrimitiveArray::from_option_iter([Some(20i32), None]).into_array()
+        );
+    }
+}