diff --git a/lib/trie/trie.go b/lib/trie/trie.go
index d7cfe84473b..e551427eb2e 100644
--- a/lib/trie/trie.go
+++ b/lib/trie/trie.go
@@ -333,11 +333,11 @@ func (t *Trie) Put(keyLE, value []byte) {
 
 func (t *Trie) insertKeyLE(keyLE, value []byte, deletedMerkleValues map[string]struct{}) {
 	nibblesKey := codec.KeyLEToNibbles(keyLE)
-	if len(value) == 0 {
-		// Force value to be inserted to nil since we don't
-		// differentiate between nil and empty values.
-		value = nil
-	}
+	// if len(value) == 0 {
+	// 	// Force value to be inserted to nil since we don't
+	// 	// differentiate between nil and empty values.
+	// 	value = nil
+	// }
 	t.root, _, _ = t.insert(t.root, nibblesKey, value, deletedMerkleValues)
 }