Working of Comparator.nullsFirst when both are null

I have a class with several "optional" (not java.util.Optional) fields. I was writing a Lambda comparator to test for equality by comparing a subset of their attributes

I wrote

private final static Comparator<MyEntity> COMPARATOR_491 =  
            comparing(MyEntity::getIsin)
             .thenComparing(MyEntity::getTMarketType)
             .thenComparing(nullsFirst(comparing(MyEntity::getIsoCode)))
             .thenComparing(MyEntity::getTaxRate)
             .thenComparing(nullsFirst(comparing(MyEntity::getEndDate)));

• ISIN is not null
• Market type is not null
• Is code can be null
• Tax rate is not null
• End date can be null

The problem is that often I get a NullPointerException. This is the (barely readable) stack trace

java.lang.NullPointerException: null
    at java.util.Comparator.lambda$comparing$77a9974f$1(Comparator.java:469) ~[?:1.8.0_51]
    at java.util.Comparator$$Lambda$40/221702765.compare(Unknown Source) ~[?:?]
    at java.util.Comparators$NullComparator.compare(Comparators.java:83) ~[?:1.8.0_51]
    at java.util.Comparator.lambda$thenComparing$36697e65$1(Comparator.java:217) ~[?:1.8.0_51]
    at java.util.Comparator$$Lambda$42/770739971.compare(Unknown Source) ~[?:?]
    at java.util.Comparator.lambda$thenComparing$36697e65$1(Comparator.java:216) ~[?:1.8.0_51]
    at java.util.Comparator$$Lambda$42/770739971.compare(Unknown Source) ~[?:?]
    at java.util.Comparator.lambda$thenComparing$36697e65$1(Comparator.java:216) ~[?:1.8.0_51]
    at java.util.Comparator$$Lambda$42/770739971.compare(Unknown Source) ~[?:?]

I found that two sample entities differ by the End date. The first entity has non-null property, the second has null

I thought that nullsFirst comparer could be null safe when one or both arguments are null.

What am I doing wrong?