diff --git a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/model/DefaultHoodieRecordPayload.java b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/model/DefaultHoodieRecordPayload.java
index 5e4b445dfc85e..5a588eafa5f3f 100644
--- a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/model/DefaultHoodieRecordPayload.java
+++ b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/model/DefaultHoodieRecordPayload.java
@@ -89,10 +89,15 @@ private static Option<Object> updateEventTime(GenericRecord record, Properties p
     boolean consistentLogicalTimestampEnabled = Boolean.parseBoolean(properties.getProperty(
         KeyGeneratorOptions.KEYGENERATOR_CONSISTENT_LOGICAL_TIMESTAMP_ENABLED.key(),
         KeyGeneratorOptions.KEYGENERATOR_CONSISTENT_LOGICAL_TIMESTAMP_ENABLED.defaultValue()));
+    String eventTimeField = properties
+        .getProperty(HoodiePayloadProps.PAYLOAD_EVENT_TIME_FIELD_PROP_KEY);
+    if (eventTimeField == null) {
+      return Option.empty();
+    }
     return Option.ofNullable(
         HoodieAvroUtils.getNestedFieldVal(
             record,
-            properties.getProperty(HoodiePayloadProps.PAYLOAD_EVENT_TIME_FIELD_PROP_KEY),
+            eventTimeField,
             true,
             consistentLogicalTimestampEnabled)
     );
@@ -118,14 +123,18 @@ protected boolean needUpdatingPersistedRecord(IndexedRecord currentValue,
      * NOTE: Deletes sent via EmptyHoodieRecordPayload and/or Delete operation type do not hit this code path
      * and need to be dealt with separately.
      */
+    String orderField = properties.getProperty(HoodiePayloadProps.PAYLOAD_ORDERING_FIELD_PROP_KEY);
+    if (orderField == null) {
+      return true;
+    }
     boolean consistentLogicalTimestampEnabled = Boolean.parseBoolean(properties.getProperty(
         KeyGeneratorOptions.KEYGENERATOR_CONSISTENT_LOGICAL_TIMESTAMP_ENABLED.key(),
         KeyGeneratorOptions.KEYGENERATOR_CONSISTENT_LOGICAL_TIMESTAMP_ENABLED.defaultValue()));
     Object persistedOrderingVal = HoodieAvroUtils.getNestedFieldVal((GenericRecord) currentValue,
-        properties.getProperty(HoodiePayloadProps.PAYLOAD_ORDERING_FIELD_PROP_KEY),
+        orderField,
         true, consistentLogicalTimestampEnabled);
     Comparable incomingOrderingVal = (Comparable) HoodieAvroUtils.getNestedFieldVal((GenericRecord) incomingRecord,
-        properties.getProperty(HoodiePayloadProps.PAYLOAD_ORDERING_FIELD_PROP_KEY),
+        orderField,
         true, consistentLogicalTimestampEnabled);
     return persistedOrderingVal == null || ((Comparable) persistedOrderingVal).compareTo(incomingOrderingVal) <= 0;
   }
diff --git a/hudi-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/common/model/TestDefaultHoodieRecordPayload.java b/hudi-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/common/model/TestDefaultHoodieRecordPayload.java
index 87d4e746d81cb..c0896e723ea07 100644
--- a/hudi-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/common/model/TestDefaultHoodieRecordPayload.java
+++ b/hudi-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/common/model/TestDefaultHoodieRecordPayload.java
@@ -143,6 +143,26 @@ public void testGetEventTimeInMetadata(long eventTime) throws IOException {
         Long.parseLong(payload2.getMetadata().get().get(DefaultHoodieRecordPayload.METADATA_EVENT_TIME_KEY)));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testEmptyProperty() throws IOException {
+    GenericRecord record1 = new GenericData.Record(schema);
+    record1.put("id", "1");
+    record1.put("partition", "partition0");
+    record1.put("ts", 0L);
+    record1.put("_hoodie_is_deleted", false);
+
+    GenericRecord record2 = new GenericData.Record(schema);
+    record2.put("id", "1");
+    record2.put("partition", "partition0");
+    record2.put("ts", 1L);
+    record2.put("_hoodie_is_deleted", false);
+
+    DefaultHoodieRecordPayload payload = new DefaultHoodieRecordPayload(Option.of(record1));
+    Properties properties = new Properties();
+    payload.getInsertValue(schema, properties);
+    payload.combineAndGetUpdateValue(record2, schema, properties);
+  }
+
   @ParameterizedTest
   @ValueSource(longs = {1L, 1612542030000L})
   public void testGetEventTimeInMetadataForInserts(long eventTime) throws IOException {