diff --git a/chia/full_node/coin_store.py b/chia/full_node/coin_store.py
index c9fb3d90a039..9e22e4a100f7 100644
--- a/chia/full_node/coin_store.py
+++ b/chia/full_node/coin_store.py
@@ -519,6 +519,10 @@ async def _add_coin_records(self, records: List[CoinRecord]) -> None:
     async def _set_spent(self, coin_names: List[bytes32], index: uint32):
 
         assert len(coin_names) == 0 or index > 0
+
+        if len(coin_names) == 0:
+            return
+
         updates = []
         for coin_name in coin_names:
             updates.append((index, self.maybe_to_hex(coin_name)))