Jetpack navigation component throws an IllegalStateException when loading a start destination with nullable argument

I added a nullable argument to my start destination:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<navigation xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        android:id="@+id/nav_graph"
        app:startDestination="@id/startDest">

    <fragment android:id="@+id/startDest"
          android:name="com.myapp.MyStartFragment"
          android:label="Start"
          tools:layout="@layout/fragment_start">
        <argument
            android:name="dataObject"
            app:argType="com.myapp.MyDataObject"
            android:defaultValue="@null"
            app:nullable="true"/>
        ...
    </fragment>
    ...
</navigation>

But when I load my app, I get the following exception:

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Fragment MyStartFragment{a4ffd1f (ca52d4dc-ff36-4a93-8ebf-f11af7b7d5aa) id=0x7f080145} has null arguments
    at com.myapp.MyStartFragment$$special$$inlined$navArgs$1.invoke(FragmentNavArgsLazy.kt:42)
    at com.myapp.MyStartFragment$$special$$inlined$navArgs$1.invoke(Unknown Source:0)
    at androidx.navigation.NavArgsLazy.getValue(NavArgsLazy.kt:44)
    at androidx.navigation.NavArgsLazy.getValue(NavArgsLazy.kt:34)
    at com.myapp.MyStartFragment.getArgs(Unknown Source:27)
    at com.myapp.MyStartFragment.onAttach(MyStartFragment.kt:85)

And the exception is triggered by this piece of code in MyStartFragment:

private val args: MyStartFragmentArgs by navArgs()
override fun onAttach(context: Context) {
    super.onAttach(context)
    val title = if(this.args.dataObject == null) getString(R.string.start_list_title) else this.args.dataObject!!.name
    ...
}

What I don't understand is that my start destination doesn't get passed arguments properly by the navigation controller. Am I missing something here?

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