diff --git a/src/plugins/staticRootPlugin/StaticModelProvider.js b/src/plugins/staticRootPlugin/StaticModelProvider.js
index 4d411dd634..514ce378ce 100644
--- a/src/plugins/staticRootPlugin/StaticModelProvider.js
+++ b/src/plugins/staticRootPlugin/StaticModelProvider.js
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ class StaticModelProvider {
     }
 
     parseTreeLeaf(leafKey, leafValue, idMap, namespace) {
+        if (!leafValue) {
+            return leafValue;
+        }
+
         const hasChild = typeof leafValue === 'object';
         if (hasChild) {
             return this.parseBranchedLeaf(leafValue, idMap, namespace);
diff --git a/src/plugins/staticRootPlugin/static-provider-test.json b/src/plugins/staticRootPlugin/static-provider-test.json
index 541f8efbc5..8c523de4a7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/staticRootPlugin/static-provider-test.json
+++ b/src/plugins/staticRootPlugin/static-provider-test.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
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