diff --git a/miner/scroll_worker.go b/miner/scroll_worker.go
index 87edea049896..293c4398f2bc 100644
--- a/miner/scroll_worker.go
+++ b/miner/scroll_worker.go
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ func (w *worker) mainLoop() {
 			// be automatically eliminated.
 			if w.current != nil {
 				shouldCommit, _ := w.processTxnSlice(ev.Txs)
-				if shouldCommit || w.current.deadlineReached {
+				if shouldCommit || (w.current.deadlineReached && len(w.current.txs) > 0) {
 					_, err = w.commit()
 				}
 			}