diff --git a/pkg/lint/rules/template.go b/pkg/lint/rules/template.go
index 5de0819c4..3e4e0ebd1 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/rules/template.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/rules/template.go
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ func Templates(linter *support.Linter, values map[string]interface{}, namespace
 			// key will be raised as well
 			err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(renderedContent), &yamlStruct)
 
+			if (K8sYamlStruct{}) == yamlStruct {
+				continue
+			}
 			// If YAML linting fails, we sill progress. So we don't capture the returned state
 			// on this linter run.
 			linter.RunLinterRule(support.ErrorSev, fpath, validateYamlContent(err))