diff --git a/src/app/MessageDef/EventReportIBs.cpp b/src/app/MessageDef/EventReportIBs.cpp
index 9559be854079f9..f83975d2a227a9 100644
--- a/src/app/MessageDef/EventReportIBs.cpp
+++ b/src/app/MessageDef/EventReportIBs.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ namespace app {
 CHIP_ERROR EventReportIBs::Parser::CheckSchemaValidity() const
 {
     CHIP_ERROR err         = CHIP_NO_ERROR;
-    size_t numEventReports = 0;
     TLV::TLVReader reader;
 
     PRETTY_PRINT("EventReportIBs =");
@@ -55,8 +54,6 @@ CHIP_ERROR EventReportIBs::Parser::CheckSchemaValidity() const
             ReturnErrorOnFailure(eventReport.CheckSchemaValidity());
             PRETTY_PRINT_DECDEPTH();
         }
-
-        ++numEventReports;
     }
 
     PRETTY_PRINT("],");
@@ -65,16 +62,7 @@ CHIP_ERROR EventReportIBs::Parser::CheckSchemaValidity() const
     // if we have exhausted this container
     if (CHIP_END_OF_TLV == err)
     {
-        // if we have at least one event report
-        if (numEventReports > 0)
-        {
-            err = CHIP_NO_ERROR;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            ChipLogError(DataManagement, "PROTOCOL ERROR: Empty event reports");
-            err = CHIP_NO_ERROR;
-        }
+        err = CHIP_NO_ERROR;
     }
     ReturnErrorOnFailure(err);
     ReturnErrorOnFailure(reader.ExitContainer(mOuterContainerType));
diff --git a/src/app/tests/TestMessageDef.cpp b/src/app/tests/TestMessageDef.cpp
index b3b61468648e0d..578955e932581b 100644
--- a/src/app/tests/TestMessageDef.cpp
+++ b/src/app/tests/TestMessageDef.cpp
@@ -540,12 +540,15 @@ void ParseEventReportIB(nlTestSuite * apSuite, EventReportIB::Parser & aEventRep
     NL_TEST_ASSERT(apSuite, err == CHIP_NO_ERROR);
 }
 
-void BuildEventReports(nlTestSuite * apSuite, EventReportIBs::Builder & aEventReportsBuilder)
+void BuildEventReports(nlTestSuite * apSuite, EventReportIBs::Builder & aEventReportsBuilder, bool aIsEmptyEvents)
 {
     EventReportIB::Builder & eventReportIBBuilder = aEventReportsBuilder.CreateEventReport();
     NL_TEST_ASSERT(apSuite, aEventReportsBuilder.GetError() == CHIP_NO_ERROR);
-    BuildEventReportIB(apSuite, eventReportIBBuilder);
 
+    if (!aIsEmptyEvents)
+    {
+        BuildEventReportIB(apSuite, eventReportIBBuilder);
+    }
     aEventReportsBuilder.EndOfEventReports();
     NL_TEST_ASSERT(apSuite, aEventReportsBuilder.GetError() == CHIP_NO_ERROR);
 }
@@ -1038,7 +1041,7 @@ void BuildReportDataMessage(nlTestSuite * apSuite, chip::TLV::TLVWriter & aWrite
 
     EventReportIBs::Builder & eventReportIBs = reportDataMessageBuilder.CreateEventReports();
     NL_TEST_ASSERT(apSuite, reportDataMessageBuilder.GetError() == CHIP_NO_ERROR);
-    BuildEventReports(apSuite, eventReportIBs);
+    BuildEventReports(apSuite, eventReportIBs, false /*aIsEmptyEvents*/);
 
     reportDataMessageBuilder.MoreChunkedMessages(true).SuppressResponse(true);
     NL_TEST_ASSERT(apSuite, reportDataMessageBuilder.GetError() == CHIP_NO_ERROR);
@@ -1695,7 +1698,28 @@ void EventReportsTest(nlTestSuite * apSuite, void * apContext)
     EventReportIBs::Builder eventReportsBuilder;
     writer.Init(chip::System::PacketBufferHandle::New(chip::System::PacketBuffer::kMaxSize));
     eventReportsBuilder.Init(&writer);
-    BuildEventReports(apSuite, eventReportsBuilder);
+    BuildEventReports(apSuite, eventReportsBuilder, false /*aIsEmptyEvents*/);
+    chip::System::PacketBufferHandle buf;
+    err = writer.Finalize(&buf);
+    NL_TEST_ASSERT(apSuite, err == CHIP_NO_ERROR);
+
+    DebugPrettyPrint(buf);
+
+    reader.Init(std::move(buf));
+    err = reader.Next();
+    NL_TEST_ASSERT(apSuite, err == CHIP_NO_ERROR);
+    ParseEventReports(apSuite, reader);
+}
+
+void EmptyEventReportsTest(nlTestSuite * apSuite, void * apContext)
+{
+    CHIP_ERROR err = CHIP_NO_ERROR;
+    chip::System::PacketBufferTLVWriter writer;
+    chip::System::PacketBufferTLVReader reader;
+    EventReportIBs::Builder eventReportsBuilder;
+    writer.Init(chip::System::PacketBufferHandle::New(chip::System::PacketBuffer::kMaxSize));
+    eventReportsBuilder.Init(&writer);
+    BuildEventReports(apSuite, eventReportsBuilder, true /*aIsEmptyEvents*/);
     chip::System::PacketBufferHandle buf;
     err = writer.Finalize(&buf);
     NL_TEST_ASSERT(apSuite, err == CHIP_NO_ERROR);
@@ -2285,6 +2309,7 @@ const nlTest sTests[] =
                 NL_TEST_DEF("EventDataIBTest", EventDataIBTest),
                 NL_TEST_DEF("EventReportIBTest", EventReportIBTest),
                 NL_TEST_DEF("EventReportsTest", EventReportsTest),
+                NL_TEST_DEF("EmptyEventReportsTest", EmptyEventReportsTest),
                 NL_TEST_DEF("StatusIBTest", StatusIBTest),
                 NL_TEST_DEF("EventStatusIBTest", EventStatusIBTest),
                 NL_TEST_DEF("CommandPathIBTest", CommandPathIBTest),