diff --git a/src/runtime/data/kata-collect-data.sh.in b/src/runtime/data/kata-collect-data.sh.in
index c4c737d43..83f7863cf 100644
--- a/src/runtime/data/kata-collect-data.sh.in
+++ b/src/runtime/data/kata-collect-data.sh.in
@@ -658,6 +658,8 @@ show_throttler_details()
 
 	echo "$throttlers" | while read throttler
 	do
+		[ -z "$throttler" ] && continue
+
 		local cmd
 		cmd="$throttler --version"
 		run_cmd_and_show_quoted_output "" "$cmd"