diff --git a/rfcMgr/rfc_xconf_handler.cpp b/rfcMgr/rfc_xconf_handler.cpp
index 5ea389f8..d70fb8cb 100644
--- a/rfcMgr/rfc_xconf_handler.cpp
+++ b/rfcMgr/rfc_xconf_handler.cpp
@@ -2413,7 +2413,7 @@ void RuntimeFeatureControlProcessor::processXconfResponseConfigDataPart(JSON *fe
         }
         else
         {
-            if (currentValue.empty())
+            if (newValue.empty())
             {
                 RDK_LOG(RDK_LOG_INFO, LOG_RFCMGR, "[%s][%d] EMPTY value for %s is rejected\n", __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, newKey.c_str());
                 continue;