diff --git a/db/db_with_timestamp_compaction_test.cc b/db/db_with_timestamp_compaction_test.cc
index d28f67e05..403d9907c 100644
--- a/db/db_with_timestamp_compaction_test.cc
+++ b/db/db_with_timestamp_compaction_test.cc
@@ -323,6 +323,27 @@ TEST_F(TimestampCompatibleCompactionTest, CompactFilesRangeCheckL1) {
               static_cast<int>(compaction_job_info.input_files.size()));
   }
 }
+
+TEST_F(TimestampCompatibleCompactionTest, EmptyCompactionOutput) {
+  Options options = CurrentOptions();
+  options.env = env_;
+  options.comparator = test::BytewiseComparatorWithU64TsWrapper();
+  DestroyAndReopen(options);
+
+  std::string ts_str = Timestamp(1);
+  WriteOptions wopts;
+  ASSERT_OK(
+      db_->DeleteRange(wopts, db_->DefaultColumnFamily(), "k1", "k3", ts_str));
+  ASSERT_OK(Flush());
+
+  ts_str = Timestamp(3);
+  Slice ts = ts_str;
+  CompactRangeOptions cro;
+  // range tombstone will be dropped during compaction
+  cro.full_history_ts_low = &ts;
+  cro.bottommost_level_compaction = BottommostLevelCompaction::kForce;
+  ASSERT_OK(db_->CompactRange(cro, nullptr, nullptr));
+}
 #endif  // !ROCKSDB_LITE
 
 }  // namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/db/table_properties_collector.h b/db/table_properties_collector.h
index 9035ba793..968115c3d 100644
--- a/db/table_properties_collector.h
+++ b/db/table_properties_collector.h
@@ -150,8 +150,10 @@ class TimestampTablePropertiesCollector : public IntTblPropCollector {
   }
 
   Status Finish(UserCollectedProperties* properties) override {
+    // timestamp is empty is table is empty
     assert(timestamp_min_.size() == timestamp_max_.size() &&
-           timestamp_max_.size() == cmp_->timestamp_size());
+           (timestamp_min_.empty() ||
+            timestamp_max_.size() == cmp_->timestamp_size()));
     properties->insert({"rocksdb.timestamp_min", timestamp_min_});
     properties->insert({"rocksdb.timestamp_max", timestamp_max_});
     return Status::OK();