diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/objects/ObjectsQueries.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/objects/ObjectsQueries.xml
index 77fc7c5..1756378 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/objects/ObjectsQueries.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/objects/ObjectsQueries.xml
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@
       <output-dir compare="Text">missing-fields</output-dir>
     </compilation-unit>
   </test-case>
+  <test-case FilePath="objects/get-object-fields">
+    <compilation-unit name="open-list-type">
+      <output-dir compare="Text">open-list-type</output-dir>
+    </compilation-unit>
+  </test-case>
   <test-case FilePath="objects/get-object-field-value">
     <compilation-unit name="documentation-example">
       <output-dir compare="Text">documentation-example</output-dir>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/objects/get-object-fields/open-list-type/open-list-type.1.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/objects/get-object-fields/open-list-type/open-list-type.1.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..402cc11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/objects/get-object-fields/open-list-type/open-list-type.1.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description  : Testing get-object-fields where some schema (complex) fields are missing or null
+ */
+
+DROP DATAVERSE test IF EXISTS;
+CREATE DATAVERSE test;
+
+USE test;
+
+CREATE TYPE t1 AS {
+  id: string
+};
+
+
+CREATE DATASET ds1(t1) PRIMARY KEY id;
+CREATE DATASET ds2(t1) PRIMARY KEY id;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/objects/get-object-fields/open-list-type/open-list-type.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/objects/get-object-fields/open-list-type/open-list-type.2.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5e98b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/objects/get-object-fields/open-list-type/open-list-type.2.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+INSERT INTO ds1([
+{"id": "xyz",
+"some_record": {"x1": 9, "nested_list": ["y1", "y2"], "nested_rec": {"f1": 7}},
+"some_list2": [[1,2],[3,4]],
+"some_list3": [{"a": 5}, {"b": 6}]
+}]);
+
+INSERT INTO ds2([
+{"id": "xyz",
+"some_record": {"x1": 9, "nested_list": {{"y1", "y2"}}, "nested_rec": {"f1": 7}},
+"some_list2": {{[1,2],{{3,4}}}},
+"some_list3": {{{"a": 5}, {"b": 6}}}
+}]);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/objects/get-object-fields/open-list-type/open-list-type.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/objects/get-object-fields/open-list-type/open-list-type.3.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d45f083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/objects/get-object-fields/open-list-type/open-list-type.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+SELECT VALUE get_object_fields(d) FROM ds1 d;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/objects/get-object-fields/open-list-type/open-list-type.4.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/objects/get-object-fields/open-list-type/open-list-type.4.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5556e29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/objects/get-object-fields/open-list-type/open-list-type.4.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+SELECT VALUE get_object_fields(d) FROM ds2 d;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/objects/get-object-fields/open-list-type/open-list-type.3.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/objects/get-object-fields/open-list-type/open-list-type.3.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e506c07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/objects/get-object-fields/open-list-type/open-list-type.3.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[ { "field-name": "id", "field-type": "string", "is-open": false }, { "field-name": "some_record", "field-type": "object", "is-open": true, "nested": [ { "field-name": "x1", "field-type": "bigint", "is-open": true }, { "field-name": "nested_rec", "field-type": "object", "is-open": true, "nested": [ { "field-name": "f1", "field-type": "bigint", "is-open": true } ] }, { "field-name": "nested_list", "field-type": "array", "is-open": true, "list": [ { "field-type": "string" }, { "field-type": "string" } ] } ] }, { "field-name": "some_list3", "field-type": "array", "is-open": true, "list": [ { "field-type": "object", "nested": [ { "field-name": "a", "field-type": "bigint", "is-open": true } ] }, { "field-type": "object", "nested": [ { "field-name": "b", "field-type": "bigint", "is-open": true } ] } ] }, { "field-name": "some_list2", "field-type": "array", "is-open": true, "list": [ { "field-type": "array", "list": [ { "field-type": "bigint" }, { "field-type": "bigint" } ] }, { "field-type": "array", "list": [ { "field-type": "bigint" }, { "field-type": "bigint" } ] } ] } ]
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/objects/get-object-fields/open-list-type/open-list-type.4.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/objects/get-object-fields/open-list-type/open-list-type.4.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b16e195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/objects/get-object-fields/open-list-type/open-list-type.4.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[ { "field-name": "id", "field-type": "string", "is-open": false }, { "field-name": "some_record", "field-type": "object", "is-open": true, "nested": [ { "field-name": "x1", "field-type": "bigint", "is-open": true }, { "field-name": "nested_rec", "field-type": "object", "is-open": true, "nested": [ { "field-name": "f1", "field-type": "bigint", "is-open": true } ] }, { "field-name": "nested_list", "field-type": "multiset", "is-open": true, "list": [ { "field-type": "string" }, { "field-type": "string" } ] } ] }, { "field-name": "some_list3", "field-type": "multiset", "is-open": true, "list": [ { "field-type": "object", "nested": [ { "field-name": "a", "field-type": "bigint", "is-open": true } ] }, { "field-type": "object", "nested": [ { "field-name": "b", "field-type": "bigint", "is-open": true } ] } ] }, { "field-name": "some_list2", "field-type": "multiset", "is-open": true, "list": [ { "field-type": "array", "list": [ { "field-type": "bigint" }, { "field-type": "bigint" } ] }, { "field-type": "multiset", "list": [ { "field-type": "bigint" }, { "field-type": "bigint" } ] } ] } ]
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/pointables/nonvisitor/AListPointable.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/pointables/nonvisitor/AListPointable.java
index 1e3ba12..20af4dc 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/pointables/nonvisitor/AListPointable.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/pointables/nonvisitor/AListPointable.java
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
         if (isFixedType(inputType)) {
             return getFixedLength(inputType);
         } else {
-            int nextOffset = (getItemCount() > index + 1) ? getItemOffset(inputType, index + 1) : getLength();
+            int nextOffset = (getItemCount() > index + 1) ? getItemOffset(inputType, index + 1) : getLength() - 1;
             return nextOffset - getItemOffset(inputType, index);
         }
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/records/RecordFieldsUtil.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/records/RecordFieldsUtil.java
index 25dd73e..d7723f0 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/records/RecordFieldsUtil.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/records/RecordFieldsUtil.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.AOrderedListType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.AUnorderedListType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.AbstractCollectionType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.EnumDeserializer;
@@ -78,6 +79,9 @@
             SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ABOOLEAN);
 
     private final static ARecordType openType = DefaultOpenFieldType.NESTED_OPEN_RECORD_TYPE;
+    private final static AOrderedListType openOrderedListType = DefaultOpenFieldType.NESTED_OPEN_AORDERED_LIST_TYPE;
+    private final static AUnorderedListType openUnOrderedListType =
+            DefaultOpenFieldType.NESTED_OPEN_AUNORDERED_LIST_TYPE;
 
     public void processRecord(ARecordPointable recordAccessor, ARecordType recType, DataOutput out, int level)
             throws IOException {
@@ -91,7 +95,7 @@
         OrderedListBuilder orderedListBuilder = getOrderedListBuilder();
         orderedListBuilder.reset(listType);
         IARecordBuilder fieldRecordBuilder = getRecordBuilder();
-        fieldRecordBuilder.reset(null);
+        fieldRecordBuilder.reset(openType);
 
         int schemeFieldCount = recordAccessor.getSchemeFieldCount(recType);
         for (int i = 0; i < schemeFieldCount; ++i) {
@@ -119,7 +123,7 @@
                     tmpValue.reset();
                     recordAccessor.getClosedFieldValue(recType, i, tmpValue.getDataOutput());
                     if (tag == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_RECORD_TYPE_TAG) {
-                        addNestedField(tmpValue, fieldType, fieldRecordBuilder, level + 1);
+                        addRecordField(tmpValue, fieldType, fieldRecordBuilder, level + 1);
                     } else {
                         addListField(tmpValue, fieldType, fieldRecordBuilder, level + 1);
                     }
@@ -151,14 +155,15 @@
             // write nested or list types
             if (tag == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_RECORD_TYPE_TAG || tag == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_ORDEREDLIST_TYPE_TAG
                     || tag == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_UNORDEREDLIST_TYPE_TAG) {
-                IAType fieldType = null;
                 ArrayBackedValueStorage tmpValue = getTempBuffer();
                 tmpValue.reset();
                 recordAccessor.getOpenFieldValue(recType, i, tmpValue.getDataOutput());
                 if (tag == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_RECORD_TYPE_TAG) {
-                    addNestedField(tmpValue, fieldType, fieldRecordBuilder, level + 1);
+                    addRecordField(tmpValue, openType, fieldRecordBuilder, level + 1);
+                } else if (tag == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_ORDEREDLIST_TYPE_TAG) {
+                    addListField(tmpValue, openOrderedListType, fieldRecordBuilder, level + 1);
                 } else {
-                    addListField(tmpValue, fieldType, fieldRecordBuilder, level + 1);
+                    addListField(tmpValue, openUnOrderedListType, fieldRecordBuilder, level + 1);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -226,7 +231,7 @@
         fieldRecordBuilder.addField(fieldAbvs, valueAbvs);
     }
 
-    public void addNestedField(IValueReference recordArg, IAType fieldType, IARecordBuilder fieldRecordBuilder,
+    public void addRecordField(IValueReference recordArg, IAType fieldType, IARecordBuilder fieldRecordBuilder,
             int level) throws IOException {
         ArrayBackedValueStorage fieldAbvs = getTempBuffer();
         ArrayBackedValueStorage valueAbvs = getTempBuffer();
@@ -236,31 +241,26 @@
         stringSerde.serialize(nestedName, fieldAbvs.getDataOutput());
         // Value
         valueAbvs.reset();
-        ARecordType newType;
-        if (fieldType == null) {
-            newType = openType;
-        } else {
-            newType = (ARecordType) fieldType;
-        }
+        ARecordType newType = (ARecordType) fieldType;
         ARecordPointable recordP = getRecordPointable();
         recordP.set(recordArg);
         processRecord(recordP, newType, valueAbvs.getDataOutput(), level);
         fieldRecordBuilder.addField(fieldAbvs, valueAbvs);
     }
 
-    public void processListValue(IValueReference listArg, IAType fieldType, DataOutput out, int level)
+    public void processListValue(IValueReference listArg, IAType listType, DataOutput out, int level)
             throws IOException {
         ArrayBackedValueStorage itemValue = getTempBuffer();
         IARecordBuilder listRecordBuilder = getRecordBuilder();
 
-        AListPointable list = getListPointable(fieldType.getTypeTag());
+        AListPointable list = getListPointable(listType.getTypeTag());
         list.set(listArg);
 
         OrderedListBuilder innerListBuilder = getOrderedListBuilder();
-        innerListBuilder.reset(listType);
+        innerListBuilder.reset(RecordFieldsUtil.listType);
 
-        listRecordBuilder.reset(null);
-        AbstractCollectionType act = (AbstractCollectionType) fieldType;
+        listRecordBuilder.reset(openType);
+        AbstractCollectionType act = (AbstractCollectionType) listType;
         int itemCount = list.getItemCount();
         for (int l = 0; l < itemCount; l++) {
             itemValue.reset();
@@ -269,11 +269,24 @@
             byte tagId = list.getItemTag(act, l);
             addFieldType(tagId, listRecordBuilder);
 
-            if (tagId == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_RECORD_TYPE_TAG) {
+            if (tagId == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_RECORD_TYPE_TAG || tagId == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_ORDEREDLIST_TYPE_TAG
+                    || tagId == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_UNORDEREDLIST_TYPE_TAG) {
                 ArrayBackedValueStorage tmpAbvs = getTempBuffer();
                 tmpAbvs.reset();
                 list.getItemValue(act, l, tmpAbvs.getDataOutput());
-                addNestedField(tmpAbvs, act.getItemType(), listRecordBuilder, level + 1);
+                IAType itemType;
+
+                if (tagId == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_RECORD_TYPE_TAG) {
+                    itemType = act.getItemType().getTypeTag() != ATypeTag.ANY ? act.getItemType() : openType;
+                    addRecordField(tmpAbvs, itemType, listRecordBuilder, level + 1);
+                } else if (tagId == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_ORDEREDLIST_TYPE_TAG) {
+                    itemType = act.getItemType().getTypeTag() != ATypeTag.ANY ? act.getItemType() : openOrderedListType;
+                    addListField(tmpAbvs, itemType, listRecordBuilder, level + 1);
+                } else {
+                    itemType =
+                            act.getItemType().getTypeTag() != ATypeTag.ANY ? act.getItemType() : openUnOrderedListType;
+                    addListField(tmpAbvs, itemType, listRecordBuilder, level + 1);
+                }
             }
 
             listRecordBuilder.write(itemValue.getDataOutput(), true);