diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/Baseifs.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/Baseifs.java
index 2fcc3c668..88ce9e3f4 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/Baseifs.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/Baseifs.java
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ import org.apache.poi.ss.formula.functions.Countif.ErrorMatcher;
                     AreaEval aeRange = ranges[i];
                     I_MatchPredicate mp = predicates[i];
 
-                    if (!mp.matches(aeRange.getRelativeValue(r, c))) {
+                    // Bugs 60858 and 56420 show predicate can be null
+                    if (mp == null || !mp.matches(aeRange.getRelativeValue(r, c))) {
                         matches = false;
                         break;
                     }
diff --git a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/TestSumifsXSSF.java b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/TestSumifsXSSF.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ae18e8de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/TestSumifsXSSF.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package org.apache.poi.ss.formula.functions;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.FormulaEvaluator;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Sheet;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
+import org.apache.poi.xssf.XSSFTestDataSamples;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+public class TestSumifsXSSF {
+
+    /**
+     * handle null cell predicate
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testBug60858() {
+        Workbook wb = XSSFTestDataSamples.openSampleWorkbook("bug60858.xlsx");
+        FormulaEvaluator fe = wb.getCreationHelper().createFormulaEvaluator();
+
+        Sheet sheet = wb.getSheetAt(0);
+        Cell cell = sheet.getRow(1).getCell(5);
+        fe.evaluate(cell);
+        assertEquals(0.0, cell.getNumericCellValue(), 0.0000000000000001);
+    }
+
+}