diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ccab710c40..ff56c5ad7c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 - [#2130](https://github.com/poanetwork/blockscout/pull/2130) - fix navigation
 - [#2147](https://github.com/poanetwork/blockscout/pull/2147) - add rsk format of checksum
 - [#2149](https://github.com/poanetwork/blockscout/pull/2149) - remove pending transaction count
+- [#2173](https://github.com/poanetwork/blockscout/pull/2173) - handle correctly empty transactions
 - [#2174](https://github.com/poanetwork/blockscout/pull/2174) - fix reward channel joining
 - [#2186](https://github.com/poanetwork/blockscout/pull/2186) - fix net version test
 
diff --git a/apps/ethereum_jsonrpc/lib/ethereum_jsonrpc/block.ex b/apps/ethereum_jsonrpc/lib/ethereum_jsonrpc/block.ex
index 6be34eeee1..1c52a6e6c9 100644
--- a/apps/ethereum_jsonrpc/lib/ethereum_jsonrpc/block.ex
+++ b/apps/ethereum_jsonrpc/lib/ethereum_jsonrpc/block.ex
@@ -319,6 +319,8 @@ defmodule EthereumJSONRPC.Block do
   @spec elixir_to_transactions(elixir) :: Transactions.elixir()
   def elixir_to_transactions(%{"transactions" => transactions}), do: transactions
 
+  def elixir_to_transactions(_), do: []
+
   @doc """
   Get `t:EthereumJSONRPC.Uncles.elixir/0` from `t:elixir/0`.
 
diff --git a/apps/ethereum_jsonrpc/test/ethereum_jsonrpc/block_test.exs b/apps/ethereum_jsonrpc/test/ethereum_jsonrpc/block_test.exs
index 1cf16c6f47..23e1e442c5 100644
--- a/apps/ethereum_jsonrpc/test/ethereum_jsonrpc/block_test.exs
+++ b/apps/ethereum_jsonrpc/test/ethereum_jsonrpc/block_test.exs
@@ -56,4 +56,10 @@ defmodule EthereumJSONRPC.BlockTest do
              }
     end
   end
+
+  describe "elixir_to_transactions/1" do
+    test "converts to empty list if there is not transaction key" do
+      assert Block.elixir_to_transactions(%{}) == []
+    end
+  end
 end