diff --git a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/HoodieBackedTableMetadata.java b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/HoodieBackedTableMetadata.java
index 0ab11d65e8b61..1ccc14176a14a 100644
--- a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/HoodieBackedTableMetadata.java
+++ b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metadata/HoodieBackedTableMetadata.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.hudi.avro.model.HoodieMetadataRecord;
 import org.apache.hudi.avro.model.HoodieRestoreMetadata;
 import org.apache.hudi.avro.model.HoodieRollbackMetadata;
+import org.apache.hudi.avro.model.HoodieRollbackPlan;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.config.HoodieCommonConfig;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.config.HoodieMetadataConfig;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.data.HoodieData;
@@ -563,10 +564,21 @@ private boolean isFullScanAllowedForPartition(String partitionName) {
    */
   private List<String> getRollbackedCommits(HoodieInstant instant, HoodieActiveTimeline timeline) {
     try {
+      List<String> commitsToRollback = null;
       if (instant.getAction().equals(HoodieTimeline.ROLLBACK_ACTION)) {
-        HoodieRollbackMetadata rollbackMetadata = TimelineMetadataUtils.deserializeHoodieRollbackMetadata(
-            timeline.getInstantDetails(instant).get());
-        return rollbackMetadata.getCommitsRollback();
+        try {
+          HoodieRollbackMetadata rollbackMetadata = TimelineMetadataUtils.deserializeHoodieRollbackMetadata(
+              timeline.getInstantDetails(instant).get());
+          commitsToRollback = rollbackMetadata.getCommitsRollback();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+          // if file is empty, fetch the commits to rollback from rollback.requested file
+          HoodieRollbackPlan rollbackPlan = TimelineMetadataUtils.deserializeAvroMetadata(
+              timeline.readRollbackInfoAsBytes(new HoodieInstant(HoodieInstant.State.REQUESTED, HoodieTimeline.ROLLBACK_ACTION,
+                  instant.getTimestamp())).get(), HoodieRollbackPlan.class);
+          commitsToRollback = Collections.singletonList(rollbackPlan.getInstantToRollback().getCommitTime());
+          LOG.warn("Had to fetch rollback info from requested instant since completed file is empty " + instant.toString());
+        }
+        return commitsToRollback;
       }
 
       List<String> rollbackedCommits = new LinkedList<>();