diff --git a/frontend/packages/ux-editor/src/utils/dataModelUtils.test.ts b/frontend/packages/ux-editor/src/utils/dataModelUtils.test.ts
index c958346031d..f8b4b5aecff 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/ux-editor/src/utils/dataModelUtils.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/packages/ux-editor/src/utils/dataModelUtils.test.ts
@@ -281,4 +281,13 @@ describe('getDataModel', () => {
     const dataModel = getDataModel(isDataModelValid, dataModelMetadata, currentDataModel);
     expect(dataModel).toEqual(currentDataModel);
   });
+
+  it('should return default data model if current data model is empty string', () => {
+    const isDataModelValid = true;
+    const currentDataModel = '';
+    const dataModelMetadata = dataModelMetadataMock;
+
+    const dataModel = getDataModel(isDataModelValid, dataModelMetadata, currentDataModel);
+    expect(dataModel).toEqual(defaultModel);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/frontend/packages/ux-editor/src/utils/dataModelUtils.ts b/frontend/packages/ux-editor/src/utils/dataModelUtils.ts
index cb30f37a5c2..9349212e4d2 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/ux-editor/src/utils/dataModelUtils.ts
+++ b/frontend/packages/ux-editor/src/utils/dataModelUtils.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export const getDataModel = (
   currentDataModel?: string,
 ): string => {
   if (dataModelMetadata) {
-    return isDataModelValid && currentDataModel !== undefined
+    return isDataModelValid && currentDataModel !== undefined && currentDataModel !== ''
       ? currentDataModel
       : dataModelMetadata[0]?.id;
   }