diff --git a/application/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/server/controller/TelemetryControllerTest.java b/application/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/server/controller/TelemetryControllerTest.java
index f7e5f6f6f3..7b7554c559 100644
--- a/application/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/server/controller/TelemetryControllerTest.java
+++ b/application/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/server/controller/TelemetryControllerTest.java
@@ -149,6 +149,19 @@ public class TelemetryControllerTest extends AbstractControllerTest {
         doPostAsync("/api/plugins/telemetry/DEVICE/" + device.getId() + "/timeseries/smth", invalidRequestBody, String.class, status().isBadRequest());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testEmptyKeyIsProhibited() throws Exception {
+        loginTenantAdmin();
+        Device device = createDevice();
+        String invalidRequestBody = "{\"\": \"value\"}";
+        doPostAsync("/api/plugins/telemetry/" + device.getId() + "/SHARED_SCOPE", invalidRequestBody, String.class, status().isBadRequest());
+        doPostAsync("/api/plugins/telemetry/DEVICE/" + device.getId() + "/timeseries/smth", invalidRequestBody, String.class, status().isBadRequest());
+
+        String invalidRequestBody2 = "{\" \": \"value\"}";
+        doPostAsync("/api/plugins/telemetry/" + device.getId() + "/SHARED_SCOPE", invalidRequestBody2, String.class, status().isBadRequest());
+        doPostAsync("/api/plugins/telemetry/DEVICE/" + device.getId() + "/timeseries/smth", invalidRequestBody2, String.class, status().isBadRequest());
+    }
+
     private Device createDevice() throws Exception {
         String testToken = "TEST_TOKEN";
 
diff --git a/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/util/KvUtils.java b/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/util/KvUtils.java
index e417a5a50a..31bb00ebd9 100644
--- a/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/util/KvUtils.java
+++ b/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/util/KvUtils.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.thingsboard.server.dao.util;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.Cache;
 import com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.Caffeine;
+import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.StringUtils;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.kv.KvEntry;
 import org.thingsboard.server.dao.exception.DataValidationException;
 import org.thingsboard.server.dao.exception.IncorrectParameterException;
@@ -48,8 +49,8 @@ public class KvUtils {
 
         String key = tsKvEntry.getKey();
 
-        if (key == null) {
-            throw new DataValidationException("Key can't be null");
+        if (StringUtils.isBlank(key)) {
+            throw new DataValidationException("Key can't be null or empty");
         }
 
         if (key.length() > 255) {