diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/filtering/grid-filtering.service.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/filtering/grid-filtering.service.ts
index b10da1a7f36..fbe64f992a1 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/filtering/grid-filtering.service.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/filtering/grid-filtering.service.ts
@@ -277,9 +277,10 @@ export class IgxFilteringService implements OnDestroy {
             }
         }
 
+        const emptyFilter = new FilteringExpressionsTree(null, field);
         const onFilteringEventArgs: IFilteringEventArgs = {
             owner: this.grid,
-            filteringExpressions: null,
+            filteringExpressions: emptyFilter,
             cancel: false };
 
         this.grid.filtering.emit(onFilteringEventArgs);
@@ -292,7 +293,7 @@ export class IgxFilteringService implements OnDestroy {
         this.clear_filter(field);
 
         // Wait for the change detection to update filtered data through the pipes and then emit the event.
-        requestAnimationFrame(() => this.grid.filteringDone.emit(null));
+        requestAnimationFrame(() => this.grid.filteringDone.emit(emptyFilter));
 
         if (field) {
             const expressions = this.getExpressions(field);
diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/grid/grid-filtering-ui.spec.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/grid/grid-filtering-ui.spec.ts
index fc20376a5e1..39ca93a5c88 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/grid/grid-filtering-ui.spec.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/grid/grid-filtering-ui.spec.ts
@@ -485,9 +485,10 @@ describe('IgxGrid - Filtering Row UI actions #grid', () => {
             GridFunctions.clickFilterCellChip(fix, columnName);
             GridFunctions.resetFilterRow(fix);
 
-            expect(grid.filtering.emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ owner: grid, cancel: false, filteringExpressions: null });
+            const emptyFilter = new FilteringExpressionsTree(null, columnName);
+            expect(grid.filtering.emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ owner: grid, cancel: false, filteringExpressions: emptyFilter });
             expect(grid.filtering.emit).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
-            expect(grid.filteringDone.emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(null);
+            expect(grid.filteringDone.emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(emptyFilter);
             expect(grid.filteringDone.emit).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
 
             const filterUiRow = fix.debugElement.query(By.css(FILTER_UI_ROW));
@@ -512,9 +513,10 @@ describe('IgxGrid - Filtering Row UI actions #grid', () => {
             tick(100);
             fix.detectChanges();
 
-            const args = { owner: grid, cancel: false, filteringExpressions: null };
+            const emptyFilter = new FilteringExpressionsTree(null, columnName);
+            const args = { owner: grid, cancel: false, filteringExpressions: emptyFilter };
             expect(grid.filtering.emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(args);
-            expect(grid.filteringDone.emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(null);
+            expect(grid.filteringDone.emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(emptyFilter);
         }));
 
         it('Removing second condition removes the And/Or button', fakeAsync(() => {
@@ -826,13 +828,14 @@ describe('IgxGrid - Filtering Row UI actions #grid', () => {
             spyOn(grid.filtering, 'emit');
             spyOn(grid.filteringDone, 'emit');
 
-            grid.filter('ProductName', 'I', IgxStringFilteringOperand.instance().condition('startsWith'));
+            const columnName = 'ProductName';
+            grid.filter(columnName, 'I', IgxStringFilteringOperand.instance().condition('startsWith'));
             tick(30);
             fix.detectChanges();
 
             expect(grid.rowList.length).toEqual(2);
 
-            const filteringExpressions = grid.filteringExpressionsTree.find('ProductName') as FilteringExpressionsTree;
+            const filteringExpressions = grid.filteringExpressionsTree.find(columnName) as FilteringExpressionsTree;
             const args = { owner: grid, cancel: false, filteringExpressions };
             expect(grid.filtering.emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(args);
             expect(grid.filtering.emit).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
@@ -849,10 +852,11 @@ describe('IgxGrid - Filtering Row UI actions #grid', () => {
 
             expect(grid.rowList.length).toEqual(8);
 
-            args.filteringExpressions = null;
+            const emptyFilter = new FilteringExpressionsTree(null, columnName);
+            args.filteringExpressions = emptyFilter;
             expect(grid.filtering.emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(args);
             expect(grid.filtering.emit).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
-            expect(grid.filteringDone.emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(null);
+            expect(grid.filteringDone.emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(emptyFilter);
             expect(grid.filteringDone.emit).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
         }));