How to reproduce: check the attached project and comment the workaround Workaround: public partial class RadForm1 : Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadForm { private BindingList<TestDataObject> data; public RadForm1() { InitializeComponent(); this.data = new BindingList<TestDataObject>(); this.LoadData(); GridViewTextBoxColumn textColumn = new GridViewTextBoxColumn(); textColumn.Name = "Name"; textColumn.FieldName = "Name"; textColumn.HeaderText = "Name"; this.radGridView1.Columns.Add(textColumn); GridViewDateTimeColumn dateColumn = new GridViewDateTimeColumn(); dateColumn.Name = "Date"; dateColumn.FieldName = "Date"; dateColumn.HeaderText = "Date"; this.radGridView1.Columns.Add(dateColumn); GridViewMaskBoxColumn maskBoxColumn = new GridViewMaskBoxColumn(); maskBoxColumn.Name = "Price"; maskBoxColumn.FieldName = "Price"; maskBoxColumn.HeaderText = "Price"; maskBoxColumn.MaskType = MaskType.Numeric; maskBoxColumn.Mask = "C"; maskBoxColumn.TextAlignment = ContentAlignment.BottomRight; maskBoxColumn.FormatString = "{0:C}"; maskBoxColumn.DataType = typeof(decimal); this.radGridView1.Columns.Add(maskBoxColumn); this.radGridView1.DataSource = this.data; this.radGridView1.AutoSizeColumnsMode = Telerik.WinControls.UI.GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill; //Workaround this.radGridView1.CellBeginEdit += RadGridView1_CellBeginEdit; this.radGridView1.EditorRequired += RadGridView1_EditorRequired; } void RadGridView1_EditorRequired(object sender, EditorRequiredEventArgs e) { if (e.EditorType == typeof(RadMaskedEditBoxEditor)) { e.EditorType = typeof(MyRadMaskedEditBoxEditor); } } private void RadGridView1_CellBeginEdit(object sender, GridViewCellCancelEventArgs e) { RadMaskedEditBoxEditor maskedEditBoxEditor = e.ActiveEditor as RadMaskedEditBoxEditor; if (maskedEditBoxEditor != null && e.Row.Cells[e.ColumnIndex].Value == null) { maskedEditBoxEditor.MaskTextBox.EnableNullValueInput = true; } else { maskedEditBoxEditor.MaskTextBox.EnableNullValueInput = false; } } private void LoadData() { for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) { decimal? price = null; if (i % 2 == 0) { price = i * 100; } this.data.Add(new TestDataObject { Name = "Name " + i, Date = DateTime.Now.AddDays(i), Price = price }); } } } public class TestDataObject { public string Name { get; set; } public DateTime Date { get; set; } public decimal? Price { get; set; } } public class MyRadMaskedEditBoxEditor : RadMaskedEditBoxEditor { public override object Value { get { return base.Value; } set { if (value == null && (this.MaskTextBox.EnableNullValueInput || this.MaskTextBox.MaskType != MaskType.Numeric)) { this.MaskTextBox.Value = this.NullValue; } else { base.Value = value; } } } }