diff --git a/cmds/statsd/src/StatsService.cpp b/cmds/statsd/src/StatsService.cpp
index ca097d0..ba628b8 100644
--- a/cmds/statsd/src/StatsService.cpp
+++ b/cmds/statsd/src/StatsService.cpp
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@
     if (checkCallingPermission(String16(kPermissionDump))) {
         ConfigKey configKey(ipc->getCallingUid(), key);
         StatsdConfig cfg;
-        if (!cfg.ParseFromArray(&config[0], config.size())) {
+        if (config.empty() || !cfg.ParseFromArray(&config[0], config.size())) {
             *success = false;
             return Status::ok();
         }