diff --git a/src/generators/nodes/EachBlock.ts b/src/generators/nodes/EachBlock.ts
index 388474bb31..41494de258 100644
--- a/src/generators/nodes/EachBlock.ts
+++ b/src/generators/nodes/EachBlock.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ export default class EachBlock extends Node {
 		parentNode: string,
 		parentNodes: string
 	) {
+		if (this.children.length === 0) return;
+
 		const { generator } = this;
 
 		const each = this.var;
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/each-block-keyed-empty/_config.js b/test/runtime/samples/each-block-keyed-empty/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1edbb077f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/each-block-keyed-empty/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export default {
+	data: {
+		x: [{ z: 1 }, { z: 2 }],
+	},
+
+	html: ``
+};
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/each-block-keyed-empty/main.html b/test/runtime/samples/each-block-keyed-empty/main.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6610ae2c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/each-block-keyed-empty/main.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{{#each x as y @z}}{{/each}}