diff --git a/src/main/cpp/src/row_conversion.cu b/src/main/cpp/src/row_conversion.cu
index 3fe7cf3c6c..9952ed59ea 100644
--- a/src/main/cpp/src/row_conversion.cu
+++ b/src/main/cpp/src/row_conversion.cu
@@ -2259,8 +2259,15 @@ std::unique_ptr<table> convert_from_rows(lists_column_view const &input,
     for (int i = 0; i < static_cast<int>(schema.size()); ++i) {
       if (schema[i].id() == type_id::STRING) {
         // stuff real string column
-        auto const null_count = string_row_offset_columns[string_idx]->null_count();
         auto string_data = string_row_offset_columns[string_idx].release()->release();
+        auto const null_count = [&] {
+          // Null-count not set previously. Calculate, on the fly.
+          auto const &null_mask = *string_data.null_mask;
+          return null_mask.data() ?
+                     cudf::null_count(static_cast<bitmask_type const *>(null_mask.data()), 0,
+                                      num_rows) :
+                     0;
+        }();
         output_columns[i] =
             make_strings_column(num_rows, std::move(string_col_offsets[string_idx]),
                                 std::move(string_data_cols[string_idx]),
@@ -2325,6 +2332,12 @@ std::unique_ptr<table> convert_from_rows_fixed_width_optimized(
         num_rows, num_columns, size_per_row, dev_column_start.data(), dev_column_size.data(),
         dev_output_data.data(), dev_output_nm.data(), child.data<int8_t>());
 
+    // Set null counts, because output_columns are modified via mutable-view,
+    // in the kernel above.
+    // TODO(future): Consider setting null count in the kernel itself.
+    for (auto &col : output_columns) {
+      col->set_null_count(cudf::null_count(col->view().null_mask(), 0, col->size()));
+    }
     return std::make_unique<table>(std::move(output_columns));
   } else {
     CUDF_FAIL("Only fixed width types are currently supported");