diff --git a/apisix/plugins/batch-requests.lua b/apisix/plugins/batch-requests.lua
index a1b574307ef6..fed04cb3b4ff 100644
--- a/apisix/plugins/batch-requests.lua
+++ b/apisix/plugins/batch-requests.lua
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ local function batch_requests(ctx)
                 status = 504,
                 reason = "upstream timeout"
             })
+            goto CONTINUE
         end
         local sub_resp = {
             status  = resp.status,
@@ -285,6 +286,7 @@ local function batch_requests(ctx)
             end
         end
         core.table.insert(aggregated_resp, sub_resp)
+        ::CONTINUE::
     end
     return 200, aggregated_resp
 end
diff --git a/t/plugin/batch-requests2.t b/t/plugin/batch-requests2.t
index b7ac1c6d9fb3..ad3602e9397c 100644
--- a/t/plugin/batch-requests2.t
+++ b/t/plugin/batch-requests2.t
@@ -444,3 +444,52 @@ POST /apisix/batch-requests
 }
 --- response_headers
 Content-Type: application/json
+
+
+
+=== TEST 11: Ensure sub_responses count matches sub_requests on timed out sub_request (contains no empty json object like '{}' in batch response)
+--- config
+    location = /aggregate {
+        content_by_lua_block {
+            local cjson = require("cjson.safe")
+            local core = require("apisix.core")
+            local t = require("lib.test_admin").test
+            local code, body, res_body, res_header = t('/apisix/batch-requests',
+                 ngx.HTTP_POST,
+                 [=[{
+                    "headers": {
+                    },
+                    "timeout": 200,
+                    "pipeline":[
+                    {
+                        "path": "/ok",
+                        "method": "GET"
+                    },{
+                      "path": "/timeout",
+                      "method": "GET"
+                    }]
+                }]=])
+            ngx.status = code
+            -- print the number of sub-responses.
+            -- the number is expected to be the same as that of the sub-requests.
+            ngx.say(#cjson.decode(res_body))
+        }
+    }
+
+    location = /ok {
+        content_by_lua_block {
+            ngx.print("ok")
+        }
+    }
+    location = /timeout {
+        content_by_lua_block {
+            ngx.sleep(1)
+            ngx.print("timeout")
+        }
+    }
+--- request
+GET /aggregate
+--- error_log
+timeout
+--- response_body
+2