diff --git a/escodegen.js b/escodegen.js
index 847fc370..8c14b4fd 100644
--- a/escodegen.js
+++ b/escodegen.js
@@ -2348,7 +2348,7 @@
               return '/' + expr.regex.pattern + '/' + expr.regex.flags;
             }
 
-            if (expr.value === null) {
+            if (expr.value === null || (expr.raw === 'null' && expr.value === undefined)) {
                 return 'null';
             }
 
diff --git a/test/verbatim.js b/test/verbatim.js
index 0039fe34..24a3a61c 100644
--- a/test/verbatim.js
+++ b/test/verbatim.js
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ StringData = {
             object: { type: 'Literal', value: 0, verbatim: '0' },
             property: { type: 'Identifier', name: 'a' },
             computed: false
+        },
+        // Null assignment
+        "foo = null": {
+            type: 'VariableDeclarator',
+            id: { type: 'Identifier', name: 'foo' },
+            init: { type: 'Literal', raw: 'null' }
         }
     }
 };