diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.TestConsole/Program.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.TestConsole/Program.cs
index 119b7677..708254fd 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.TestConsole/Program.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.TestConsole/Program.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.TestConsole
 
             //DeserializeLargeJson();
             //WriteLargeJson();
-            DeserializeJson();
+            //DeserializeJson();
+            ReadLargeJson();
 
             Console.WriteLine();
             Console.WriteLine("Finished");
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.TestConsole
             Stopwatch sw = new Stopwatch();
             sw.Start();
 
-            for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
+            for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
             {
                 using (StreamWriter file = System.IO.File.CreateText("largewrite.json"))
                 {
@@ -74,5 +75,36 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.TestConsole
 
             Console.WriteLine("Finished. Total seconds: " + sw.Elapsed.TotalSeconds);
         }
+
+        public static void ReadLargeJson()
+        {
+            using (var jsonFile = System.IO.File.OpenText("large.json"))
+            using (JsonTextReader jsonTextReader = new JsonTextReader(jsonFile))
+            {
+                JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer();
+                serializer.Deserialize<IList<PerformanceTests.RootObject>>(jsonTextReader);
+            }
+
+            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to start deserialization");
+            Console.ReadKey();
+            Console.WriteLine("Deserializing...");
+
+            Stopwatch sw = new Stopwatch();
+            sw.Start();
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
+            {
+                using (var jsonFile = System.IO.File.OpenText("large.json"))
+                using (JsonTextReader jsonTextReader = new JsonTextReader(jsonFile))
+                {
+                    JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer();
+                    serializer.Deserialize<IList<PerformanceTests.RootObject>>(jsonTextReader);
+                }
+            }
+
+            sw.Stop();
+
+            Console.WriteLine("Finished. Total seconds: " + sw.Elapsed.TotalSeconds);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.TestConsole/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.TestConsole/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index c5bf884f..6cf1e17e 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.TestConsole/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.TestConsole/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 // by using the '*' as shown below:
 // [assembly: AssemblyVersion("6.0.0.0")]
 [assembly: AssemblyVersion("6.0.0.0")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("6.0.6.17820")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("6.0.6.17901")]
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index c5efbbcf..b476b164 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -74,4 +74,4 @@ using System.Security;
 // by using the '*' as shown below:
 
 [assembly: AssemblyVersion("6.0.0.0")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("6.0.6.17820")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("6.0.6.17901")]
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/JsonSerializerTest.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/JsonSerializerTest.cs
index 6e9f4f5a..8da564ea 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/JsonSerializerTest.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/JsonSerializerTest.cs
@@ -95,6 +95,61 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Serialization
     [TestFixture]
     public class JsonSerializerTest : TestFixtureBase
     {
+#if !(NETFX_CORE || ASPNETCORE50 || NET20)
+        [MetadataType(typeof(CustomerValidation))]
+        public partial class CustomerWithMetadataType
+        {
+            public System.Guid UpdatedBy_Id { get; set; }
+
+            public class CustomerValidation
+            {
+                [JsonIgnore]
+                public System.Guid UpdatedBy_Id { get; set; }
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void SerializeMetadataType()
+        {
+            CustomerWithMetadataType c = new CustomerWithMetadataType();
+            c.UpdatedBy_Id = Guid.NewGuid();
+
+            string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(c);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("{}", json);
+
+            CustomerWithMetadataType c2 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<CustomerWithMetadataType>("{'UpdatedBy_Id':'F6E0666D-13C7-4745-B486-800812C8F6DE'}");
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(Guid.Empty, c2.UpdatedBy_Id);
+        }
+#endif
+
+        public class NullTestClass
+        {
+            public JObject Value1 { get; set; }
+            public JValue Value2 { get; set; }
+            public JRaw Value3 { get; set; }
+            public JToken Value4 { get; set; }
+            public object Value5 { get; set; }
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void DeserializeNullToJTokenProperty()
+        {
+            NullTestClass otc = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<NullTestClass>(@"{
+    ""Value1"": null,
+    ""Value2"": null,
+    ""Value3"": null,
+    ""Value4"": null,
+    ""Value5"": null
+}");
+            Assert.IsNull(otc.Value1);
+            Assert.AreEqual(JTokenType.Null, otc.Value2.Type);
+            Assert.AreEqual(JTokenType.Raw, otc.Value3.Type);
+            Assert.AreEqual(JTokenType.Null, otc.Value4.Type);
+            Assert.IsNull(otc.Value5);
+        }
+
         public class Link
         {
             /// <summary>
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 5c8bc83c..3fd3f822 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -91,5 +91,5 @@ using System.Security;
 // by using the '*' as shown below:
 
 [assembly: AssemblyVersion("6.0.0.0")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("6.0.6.17820")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("6.0.6.17901")]
 [assembly: CLSCompliant(true)]
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonSerializerInternalReader.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonSerializerInternalReader.cs
index cff4cb27..058c0eb2 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonSerializerInternalReader.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonSerializerInternalReader.cs
@@ -268,7 +268,15 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization
         private object CreateValueInternal(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, JsonContract contract, JsonProperty member, JsonContainerContract containerContract, JsonProperty containerMember, object existingValue)
         {
             if (contract != null && contract.ContractType == JsonContractType.Linq)
-                return CreateJToken(reader, contract);
+            {
+                JToken token = CreateJToken(reader, contract);
+
+                // test to make sure token is valid when null, e.g. can't set JValue.Null to JObject proeprty
+                if (token.Type == JTokenType.Null && !contract.UnderlyingType.IsAssignableFrom(typeof(JValue)))
+                    return null;
+
+                return token;
+            }
 
             do
             {