diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a046a1a134..68beb6bd3b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  - [#1688](https://github.com/poanetwork/blockscout/pull/1688) - do not fail if failure reason is atom
  - [#1692](https://github.com/poanetwork/blockscout/pull/1692) - exclude decompiled smart contract from encoding
  - [#1684](https://github.com/poanetwork/blockscout/pull/1684) - Discard child block with parent_hash not matching hash of imported block
+ - [#1697](https://github.com/poanetwork/blockscout/pull/1697) - fix failing in rpc if balance is empty
 
 ### Chore
 
diff --git a/apps/block_scout_web/lib/block_scout_web/views/api/rpc/address_view.ex b/apps/block_scout_web/lib/block_scout_web/views/api/rpc/address_view.ex
index f614f3cb88..5dd7146279 100644
--- a/apps/block_scout_web/lib/block_scout_web/views/api/rpc/address_view.ex
+++ b/apps/block_scout_web/lib/block_scout_web/views/api/rpc/address_view.ex
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ defmodule BlockScoutWeb.API.RPC.AddressView do
   end
 
   def render("balance.json", %{addresses: [address]}) do
-    RPCView.render("show.json", data: "#{address.fetched_coin_balance.value}")
+    RPCView.render("show.json", data: balance(address))
   end
 
   def render("balance.json", assigns) do
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ defmodule BlockScoutWeb.API.RPC.AddressView do
       Enum.map(addresses, fn address ->
         %{
           "account" => "#{address.hash}",
-          "balance" => "#{address.fetched_coin_balance.value}"
+          "balance" => balance(address)
         }
       end)
 
@@ -157,4 +157,8 @@ defmodule BlockScoutWeb.API.RPC.AddressView do
       "symbol" => token.symbol
     }
   end
+
+  defp balance(address) do
+    address.fetched_coin_balance && address.fetched_coin_balance.value && "#{address.fetched_coin_balance.value}"
+  end
 end