diff --git a/cg/services/orders/validation/models/order.py b/cg/services/orders/validation/models/order.py
index 8f950f0c4c..ccc3d74341 100644
--- a/cg/services/orders/validation/models/order.py
+++ b/cg/services/orders/validation/models/order.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, PrivateAttr, model_validator
+from pydantic import BaseModel, BeforeValidator, Field, PrivateAttr, model_validator
+from typing_extensions import Annotated
 
 from cg.constants import DataDelivery
 from cg.models.orders.constants import OrderType
+from cg.services.orders.validation.models.utils import set_null_to_false
 
 
 class Order(BaseModel):
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ class Order(BaseModel):
     delivery_type: DataDelivery
     order_type: OrderType = Field(alias="project_type")
     name: str = Field(min_length=1)
-    skip_reception_control: bool = False
+    skip_reception_control: Annotated[bool, BeforeValidator(set_null_to_false)] = False
     _generated_ticket_id: int | None = PrivateAttr(default=None)
     _user_id: int = PrivateAttr(default=None)
 
diff --git a/cg/services/orders/validation/models/utils.py b/cg/services/orders/validation/models/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d8f27404c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cg/services/orders/validation/models/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+def set_null_to_false(value: bool | None) -> bool:
+    return value if value else False
diff --git a/tests/services/orders/validation_service/test_model_validator.py b/tests/services/orders/validation_service/test_model_validator.py
index c2ecb84068..a68eeb760f 100644
--- a/tests/services/orders/validation_service/test_model_validator.py
+++ b/tests/services/orders/validation_service/test_model_validator.py
@@ -130,3 +130,15 @@ def test_null_conversion(valid_order: TomteOrder, model_validator: ModelValidato
 
     # THEN the empty concentration should be converted to None
     assert order.cases[0].samples[0].concentration_ng_ul is None
+
+
+def test_skip_rc_default_conversion(valid_order: TomteOrder, model_validator: ModelValidator):
+    # GIVEN a Tomte order with skip_reception_control set to None
+    valid_order.skip_reception_control = None
+    raw_order: dict = valid_order.model_dump(by_alias=True)
+
+    # WHEN validating the order
+    order, _ = model_validator.validate(order=raw_order, model=TomteOrder)
+
+    # THEN the skip_reception_control value should be converted to None
+    assert order.skip_reception_control is False