ArgumentNullException when streaming files through WCF

I have WCF streaming binaries. The following is a shortened version of the contract.

[MessageContract()]
public class DocumentTransfer
{
    [MessageHeader(MustUnderstand = true)]
    public string Title { get; set; }

    [MessageHeader(MustUnderstand = true)]
    public string FileName { get; set; }

    [MessageBodyMember(Order = 1)]
    public System.IO.Stream Data;
}

Everything works fine, but there are scenarios when you need to update only some other values ​​associated with the file, but not the file itself. In this case, the client sets Data = null. The Data property then cannot be interpreted / serialized and throws this exception:

System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.StreamFormatter.Serialize(XmlDictionaryWriter writer, Object[] parameters, Object returnValue)
System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.OperationFormatter.SerializeBodyContents(XmlDictionaryWriter writer, MessageVersion version, Object[] parameters, Object returnValue, Boolean isRequest)
System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.OperationFormatter.OperationFormatterMessage.OperationFormatterBodyWriter.OnWriteBodyContents(XmlDictionaryWriter writer)
System.ServiceModel.Channels.BodyWriter.WriteBodyContents(XmlDictionaryWriter writer)
System.ServiceModel.Channels.BodyWriterMessage.OnWriteBodyContents(XmlDictionaryWriter writer)
System.ServiceModel.Channels.Message.OnWriteMessage(XmlDictionaryWriter writer)
System.ServiceModel.Channels.Message.WriteMessage(XmlDictionaryWriter writer)
System.ServiceModel.Channels.TextMessageEncoderFactory.TextMessageEncoder.WriteMessage(Message message, Stream stream)
System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpOutput.WriteStreamedMessage(TimeSpan timeout)
System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpOutput.Send(TimeSpan timeout)
System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpChannelFactory.HttpRequestChannel.HttpChannelRequest.SendRequest(Message message, TimeSpan timeout)
System.ServiceModel.Channels.RequestChannel.Request(Message message, TimeSpan timeout)
System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.RequestChannelBinder.Request(Message message, TimeSpan timeout)
System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel.Call(String action, Boolean oneway, ProxyOperationRuntime operation, Object[] ins, Object[] outs, TimeSpan timeout)
System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel.Call(String action, Boolean oneway, ProxyOperationRuntime operation, Object[] ins, Object[] outs)
System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.InvokeService(IMethodCallMessage methodCall, ProxyOperationRuntime operation)
System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.Invoke(IMessage message)
System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg)
System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type)
...UploadDocument(DocumentTransfer request)
...UploadDocument(DocumentTransfer request) in ...

Any ideas guys?