diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/json/issue-ASTERIXDB-1165/nullablefield.1.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/json/issue-ASTERIXDB-1165/nullablefield.1.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..958c58b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/json/issue-ASTERIXDB-1165/nullablefield.1.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+count(for $u in [1,2,3] return $u)
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/json/issue-ASTERIXDB-1165/nullablefield.1.json b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/json/issue-ASTERIXDB-1165/nullablefield.1.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2868b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/json/issue-ASTERIXDB-1165/nullablefield.1.json
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[ 3
+ ]
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml
index b2ded7b..430fd8e 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml
@@ -6744,6 +6744,11 @@
                 <output-dir compare="Clean-JSON">int01-cleanjson</output-dir>
             </compilation-unit>
         </test-case>
+        <test-case FilePath="json">
+            <compilation-unit name="issue-ASTERIXDB-1165">
+                <output-dir compare="Clean-JSON">issue-ASTERIXDB-1165</output-dir>
+            </compilation-unit>
+        </test-case>
     </test-group>
     <test-group name="csv">
         <test-case FilePath="csv">
diff --git a/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/printers/json/clean/ANullableFieldPrinterFactory.java b/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/printers/json/clean/ANullableFieldPrinterFactory.java
index 35a5b50..406a9e4 100644
--- a/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/printers/json/clean/ANullableFieldPrinterFactory.java
+++ b/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/printers/json/clean/ANullableFieldPrinterFactory.java
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.printers.json.clean;
 
-import java.io.PrintStream;
-
-import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.AqlLosslessJSONPrinterFactoryProvider;
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.AqlCleanJSONPrinterFactoryProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.AUnionType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
@@ -28,6 +26,8 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IPrinter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IPrinterFactory;
 
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+
 public class ANullableFieldPrinterFactory implements IPrinterFactory {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@
 
             @Override
             public void init() throws AlgebricksException {
-                nullPrinter = (AqlLosslessJSONPrinterFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getPrinterFactory(BuiltinType.ANULL))
+                nullPrinter = (AqlCleanJSONPrinterFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getPrinterFactory(BuiltinType.ANULL))
                         .createPrinter();
-                fieldPrinter = (AqlLosslessJSONPrinterFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getPrinterFactory(unionType.getNullableType()))
+                fieldPrinter = (AqlCleanJSONPrinterFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getPrinterFactory(unionType.getNullableType()))
                         .createPrinter();
             }
 
diff --git a/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/printers/json/clean/AUnionPrinterFactory.java b/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/printers/json/clean/AUnionPrinterFactory.java
index 2d1b35f..e3e835e 100644
--- a/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/printers/json/clean/AUnionPrinterFactory.java
+++ b/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/printers/json/clean/AUnionPrinterFactory.java
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.printers.json.clean;
 
-import java.io.PrintStream;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.AqlLosslessJSONPrinterFactoryProvider;
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.AqlCleanJSONPrinterFactoryProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.AUnionType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
@@ -29,6 +26,9 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IPrinter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IPrinterFactory;
 
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.util.List;
+
 public class AUnionPrinterFactory implements IPrinterFactory {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
                 unionList = unionType.getUnionList();
                 printers = new IPrinter[unionType.getUnionList().size()];
                 for (int i = 0; i < printers.length; i++) {
-                    printers[i] = (AqlLosslessJSONPrinterFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getPrinterFactory(unionType.getUnionList()
+                    printers[i] = (AqlCleanJSONPrinterFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getPrinterFactory(unionType.getUnionList()
                             .get(i))).createPrinter();
                     printers[i].init();
                 }