diff --git a/dvc/api/experiments.py b/dvc/api/experiments.py
index 58861c3aef..4a1ead96e8 100644
--- a/dvc/api/experiments.py
+++ b/dvc/api/experiments.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def _postprocess(exp_rows):
                 except ValueError:
                     exp_row[k] = v_str
 
-            if not exp_row[k]:
+            elif not exp_row[k]:
                 exp_row[k] = None
 
     return exp_rows
diff --git a/tests/func/api/test_experiments.py b/tests/func/api/test_experiments.py
index afade043cf..924996f889 100644
--- a/tests/func/api/test_experiments.py
+++ b/tests/func/api/test_experiments.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ def test_exp_save(tmp_dir, dvc, scm):
 
 
 def test_exp_show(tmp_dir, dvc, scm, exp_stage):  # noqa: F811
+    with open("params.yaml", "a") as fobj:
+        fobj.write("\nbar: 0")
     exps = api.exp_show()
 
     assert len(exps) == 2
@@ -32,3 +34,5 @@ def test_exp_show(tmp_dir, dvc, scm, exp_stage):  # noqa: F811
     assert exps[0]["State"] is None
     # Postprocessing empty string as `None`
     assert exps[0]["Experiment"] is None
+    # Postprocessing 0 as float
+    assert exps[0]["bar"] == 0.0