diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedCache/NuCache/DataSource/BTree.DictionaryOfPropertyDataSerializer.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedCache/NuCache/DataSource/BTree.DictionaryOfPropertyDataSerializer.cs
index 304fc6def0..f9a44adab1 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedCache/NuCache/DataSource/BTree.DictionaryOfPropertyDataSerializer.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedCache/NuCache/DataSource/BTree.DictionaryOfPropertyDataSerializer.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.PublishedCache.NuCache.DataSource
     /// </summary>
     internal class DictionaryOfPropertyDataSerializer : SerializerBase, ISerializer<IDictionary<string, PropertyData[]>>, IDictionaryOfPropertyDataSerializer
     {
+        private static readonly PropertyData[] Empty = Array.Empty<PropertyData>();
         public IDictionary<string, PropertyData[]> ReadFrom(Stream stream)
         {
             // read properties count
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.PublishedCache.NuCache.DataSource
 
                 // read values count
                 var vcount = PrimitiveSerializer.Int32.ReadFrom(stream);
+                if(vcount == 0)
+                {
+                    dict[key] = Empty;
+                    continue;
+                }
 
                 // create pdata and add to the dictionary
                 var pdatas = new PropertyData[vcount];