diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/FormatAndOutput/common/ComplexWriter.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/FormatAndOutput/common/ComplexWriter.cs
index 5f8f245efd9..d43e42ebb2d 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/FormatAndOutput/common/ComplexWriter.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/FormatAndOutput/common/ComplexWriter.cs
@@ -49,24 +49,14 @@ internal void WriteObject(List<FormatValue> formatValueList)
             // we always start with no indentation
             _indentationManager.Clear();
 
-            bool hasContent = false;
             foreach (FormatEntry fe in formatValueList)
             {
-                if (fe.formatValueList.Count > 0)
-                {
-                    hasContent = true;
-
-                    // operate on each directive inside the list,
-                    // carrying the indentation from invocation to invocation
-                    GenerateFormatEntryDisplay(fe, 0);
-                }
+                // operate on each directive inside the list,
+                // carrying the indentation from invocation to invocation
+                GenerateFormatEntryDisplay(fe, 0);
             }
-
             // make sure that, if we have pending text in the buffer it gets flushed
-            if (hasContent)
-            {
-                WriteToScreen();
-            }
+            WriteToScreen();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/FormatAndOutput/common/FormatViewGenerator_Complex.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/FormatAndOutput/common/FormatViewGenerator_Complex.cs
index ff870c996a3..d41a119dde6 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/FormatAndOutput/common/FormatViewGenerator_Complex.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/FormatAndOutput/common/FormatViewGenerator_Complex.cs
@@ -281,10 +281,11 @@ private void ExecuteFormatTokenList(TraversalInfo level,
                     // do the formatting and we will be done
                     if (cpt.control == null || cpt.control is FieldControlBody)
                     {
+                        // Since it is a leaf node we just consider it an empty string and go
+                        // on with formatting
                         if (val == null)
                         {
-                            // Since it is a leaf node we just ignore it
-                            return;
+                            val = string.Empty;
                         }
 
                         FieldFormattingDirective fieldFormattingDirective = null;
@@ -779,3 +780,4 @@ private List<FormatValue> AddIndentationLevel(List<FormatValue> formatValueList)
         private int _enumerationLimit;
     }
 }
+
diff --git a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Format-Custom.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Format-Custom.Tests.ps1
index 0e1e2dc4d13..a296b5b4590 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Format-Custom.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Format-Custom.Tests.ps1
@@ -438,69 +438,3 @@ SelectScriptBlock
         $ps.Streams.Error | Should -BeNullOrEmpty
     }
 }
-
-Describe "Custom formatting returning nothing" -Tags "CI" {
-  BeforeAll {
-      $formatFilePath = Join-Path $TestDrive 'UpdateFormatDataTests.format.ps1xml'
-      $xmlContent = @'
-      <Configuration>
-      <ViewDefinitions>
-          <View>
-              <Name>Test</Name>
-              <ViewSelectedBy>
-                  <TypeName>MyTestObject</TypeName>
-              </ViewSelectedBy>
-              <CustomControl>
-                  <CustomEntries>
-                      <CustomEntry>
-                          <CustomItem>
-                              <ExpressionBinding>
-                                  <ScriptBlock>
-                                    $null
-                                  </ScriptBlock>
-                              </ExpressionBinding>
-                          </CustomItem>
-                      </CustomEntry>
-                  </CustomEntries>
-              </CustomControl>
-          </View>
-      </ViewDefinitions>
-  </Configuration>
-'@
-
-      Set-Content -Path $formatFilePath -Value $xmlContent
-      $ps = [powershell]::Create()
-      $iss = [initialsessionstate]::CreateDefault2()
-      $iss.Formats.Add($formatFilePath)
-      $rs = [runspacefactory]::CreateRunspace($iss)
-      $rs.Open()
-      $ps.Runspace = $rs
-  }
-
-  AfterAll {
-      $rs.Dispose()
-      $ps.Dispose()
-  }
-
-  It 'Newlines are not written if nothing is returned by custom format' {
-      $script = {
-          [PSCustomObject]@{
-              PSTypeName = 'MyTestObject'
-              Name = 'testing'
-          }
-      }
-
-      $null = $ps.AddScript($script).AddCommand('Out-String')
-      $ps.Streams.Error.Clear()
-
-      # one newline for start, one for grouping, and one for end
-      $expectedOutput = @'
-
-
-
-'@ -replace '\r?\n', "^"
-
-      $ps.Invoke() -replace '\r?\n', "^" | Should -BeExactly $expectedOutput
-      $ps.Streams.Error | Should -BeNullOrEmpty
-  }
-}