diff --git a/src/utils/xml-utils.c b/src/utils/xml-utils.c
index 4916d2976..a37a92d44 100644
--- a/src/utils/xml-utils.c
+++ b/src/utils/xml-utils.c
@@ -246,10 +246,8 @@ static void node_to_tnds(struct xml_node_ctx *ctx, xml_node_t *out,
 			xml_node_create_text(ctx, tnds, NULL, "Path", uri);
 
 		val = get_val(ctx, node);
-		if (val) {
-			xml_node_create_text(ctx, tnds, NULL, "Value", val);
-			xml_node_get_text_free(ctx, val);
-		}
+		xml_node_create_text(ctx, tnds, NULL, "Value", val ? val : "");
+		xml_node_get_text_free(ctx, val);
 
 		new_uri = add_path(uri, name);
 		node_to_tnds(ctx, new_uri ? out : tnds, node, new_uri);