From d677ea618c8993390c8157f1b068a7253f75702a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shannon <sdeminick@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 09:48:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes null reference caused in GridPropertyValueEditor when
 the value is empty

---
 src/Umbraco.Web/PropertyEditors/GridPropertyEditor.cs | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/PropertyEditors/GridPropertyEditor.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/PropertyEditors/GridPropertyEditor.cs
index f940ed5c15..0b37638afd 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/PropertyEditors/GridPropertyEditor.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/PropertyEditors/GridPropertyEditor.cs
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.PropertyEditors
 
                 // editorValue.Value is a JSON string of the grid
                 var rawJson = editorValue.Value.ToString();
+                if (rawJson.IsNullOrWhiteSpace())
+                    return null;
+
                 var grid = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<GridValue>(rawJson);
 
                 // Find all controls that use the RTE editor