diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/CommonCommandParameters.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/CommonCommandParameters.cs
index 4ae05ac878b..9c283798445 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/CommonCommandParameters.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/CommonCommandParameters.cs
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ public SwitchParameter Debug
         /// This parameter tells the command what to do when an error occurs.
         /// </remarks>
         [Parameter]
+        [ValidateNotNull]
         [Alias("ea")]
         public ActionPreference ErrorAction
         {
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ public ActionPreference ErrorAction
         /// occurs.
         /// </remarks>
         [Parameter]
+        [ValidateNotNull]
         [Alias("wa")]
         public ActionPreference WarningAction
         {
@@ -115,6 +117,7 @@ public ActionPreference WarningAction
         /// was added to PowerShell, so "infa" was chosen instead.
         /// -->
         [Parameter]
+        [ValidateNotNull]
         [Alias("infa")]
         public ActionPreference InformationAction
         {
diff --git a/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/ActionPreference.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/ActionPreference.Tests.ps1
index bdad4344b7b..ab6fc2c56a5 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/ActionPreference.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/ActionPreference.Tests.ps1
@@ -186,6 +186,13 @@ Describe "Tests for (error, warning, etc) action preference" -Tags "CI" {
         { New-Item @params } | Should -Throw -ErrorId "NewItemIOError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand"
         Remove-Item "$testdrive\test.txt" -Force
     }
+
+    It "Parameter binding throws correctly (no NRE) if argument is null" {
+        $NullVariable = $null
+        { Test-Path .\noexistfile.ps1 -ErrorAction $NullVariable } | Should -Throw -ErrorId "ParameterArgumentValidationError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.TestPathCommand"
+        { Test-Path .\noexistfile.ps1 -InformationAction $NullVariable } | Should -Throw -ErrorId "ParameterArgumentValidationError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.TestPathCommand"
+        { Test-Path .\noexistfile.ps1 -WarningAction $NullVariable } | Should -Throw -ErrorId "ParameterArgumentValidationError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.TestPathCommand"
+    }
 }
 
 Describe 'ActionPreference.Break tests' -tag 'CI' {