diff --git a/x/wasm/keeper/events_test.go b/x/wasm/keeper/events_test.go
index 95ffd15fcc..3c55a60878 100644
--- a/x/wasm/keeper/events_test.go
+++ b/x/wasm/keeper/events_test.go
@@ -106,6 +106,23 @@ func TestNewCustomEvents(t *testing.T) {
 			exp: sdk.Events{sdk.NewEvent("wasm-foo",
 				sdk.NewAttribute("_contract_address", myContract.String()))},
 		},
+		"empty value can be solved": {
+			src: wasmvmtypes.Events{{
+				Type:       "foo",
+				Attributes: []wasmvmtypes.EventAttribute{{Key: "myKey", Value: ""}},
+			}},
+			exp: sdk.Events{sdk.NewEvent("wasm-foo",
+				sdk.NewAttribute("_contract_address", myContract.String()),
+				sdk.NewAttribute("myKey", ""))},
+		},
+		"good on whitespace value": {
+			src: wasmvmtypes.Events{{
+				Type:       "foo",
+				Attributes: []wasmvmtypes.EventAttribute{{Key: "myKey", Value: "\n\n\n"}},
+			}},			exp: sdk.Events{sdk.NewEvent("wasm-foo",
+			sdk.NewAttribute("_contract_address", myContract.String()),
+			sdk.NewAttribute("myKey", ""))},
+		},
 		"error on short event type": {
 			src: wasmvmtypes.Events{{
 				Type: "f",
@@ -158,16 +175,6 @@ func TestNewCustomEvents(t *testing.T) {
 			}},
 			isError: true,
 		},
-		"error on only whitespace value": {
-			src: wasmvmtypes.Events{{
-				Type: "boom",
-				Attributes: []wasmvmtypes.EventAttribute{
-					{Key: "some", Value: "data"},
-					{Key: "myKey", Value: " \t\r\n"},
-				},
-			}},
-			isError: true,
-		},
 		"strip out whitespace": {
 			src: wasmvmtypes.Events{{
 				Type:       "  food\n",
@@ -233,10 +240,6 @@ func TestNewWasmModuleEvent(t *testing.T) {
 			src:     []wasmvmtypes.EventAttribute{{Key: "  ", Value: "value"}},
 			isError: true,
 		},
-		"error on whitespace value": {
-			src:     []wasmvmtypes.EventAttribute{{Key: "key", Value: "\n\n\n"}},
-			isError: true,
-		},
 		"strip whitespace": {
 			src: []wasmvmtypes.EventAttribute{{Key: "   my-real-key    ", Value: "\n\n\nsome-val\t\t\t"}},
 			exp: sdk.Events{sdk.NewEvent("wasm",