diff --git a/crates/polars-pipe/src/executors/sinks/groupby/primitive/mod.rs b/crates/polars-pipe/src/executors/sinks/groupby/primitive/mod.rs
index 25dcdf78bbae..64cd282c9be6 100644
--- a/crates/polars-pipe/src/executors/sinks/groupby/primitive/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-pipe/src/executors/sinks/groupby/primitive/mod.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use std::sync::Mutex;
 
 use hashbrown::hash_map::RawEntryMut;
 use num_traits::NumCast;
+use polars_arrow::is_valid::IsValid;
 use polars_arrow::kernels::sort_partition::partition_to_groups_amortized;
 use polars_core::export::ahash::RandomState;
 use polars_core::frame::row::AnyValueBuffer;
@@ -221,15 +222,22 @@ where
         partition_to_groups_amortized(values, 0, false, 0, &mut self.sort_partitions);
 
         let pre_agg_len = self.pre_agg_partitions.len();
+        let null: Option<K::Native> = None;
+        let null_hash = self.hb.hash_one(null);
 
         for group in &self.sort_partitions {
             let [offset, length] = group;
-            let first_g_value = unsafe { *values.get_unchecked_release(*offset as usize) };
-            let h = self.hb.hash_one(first_g_value);
+            let (opt_v, h) = if unsafe { arr.is_valid_unchecked(*offset as usize) } {
+                let first_g_value = unsafe { *values.get_unchecked_release(*offset as usize) };
+                let h = self.hb.hash_one(first_g_value);
+                (Some(first_g_value), h)
+            } else {
+                (null, null_hash)
+            };
 
             let agg_idx = insert_and_get(
                 h,
-                Some(first_g_value),
+                opt_v,
                 pre_agg_len,
                 &mut self.pre_agg_partitions,
                 &mut self.aggregators,
@@ -351,7 +359,7 @@ where
         let ca: &ChunkedArray<K> = s.as_ref().as_ref();
 
         // sorted fast path
-        if matches!(ca.is_sorted_flag(), IsSorted::Ascending) && ca.null_count() == 0 {
+        if matches!(ca.is_sorted_flag(), IsSorted::Ascending) {
             return self.sink_sorted(ca, chunk);
         }
 
diff --git a/py-polars/tests/unit/streaming/test_streaming_groupby.py b/py-polars/tests/unit/streaming/test_streaming_groupby.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b040451db555
--- /dev/null
+++ b/py-polars/tests/unit/streaming/test_streaming_groupby.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import pytest
+
+import polars as pl
+
+
+@pytest.mark.slow()
+def test_streaming_groupby_sorted_fast_path_nulls_10273() -> None:
+    df = pl.Series(
+        name="x",
+        values=(
+            *(i for i in range(4) for _ in range(100)),
+            *(None for _ in range(100)),
+        ),
+    ).to_frame()
+
+    assert (
+        df.set_sorted("x")
+        .lazy()
+        .groupby("x")
+        .agg(pl.count())
+        .collect(streaming=True)
+        .sort("x")
+    ).to_dict(False) == {"x": [None, 0, 1, 2, 3], "count": [100, 100, 100, 100, 100]}