diff --git a/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/usecases/validate-content/prepare-and-validate-content/prepare-and-validate-content.usecase.ts b/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/usecases/validate-content/prepare-and-validate-content/prepare-and-validate-content.usecase.ts
index da2b676fb7e..30192eb9814 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/usecases/validate-content/prepare-and-validate-content/prepare-and-validate-content.usecase.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/usecases/validate-content/prepare-and-validate-content/prepare-and-validate-content.usecase.ts
@@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ export class PrepareAndValidateContentUsecase {
     let flatSanitizedControlValues: Record<string, unknown> = flattenJson(controlValues);
     const controlValueToContentIssues: Record<string, ContentIssue[]> = {};
 
+    flatSanitizedControlValues = this.removeEmptyValuesFromMap(flatSanitizedControlValues);
     this.overloadMissingRequiredValuesIssues(
       defaultControlValues,
       flatSanitizedControlValues,
       controlValueToContentIssues
     );
 
-    flatSanitizedControlValues = this.removeEmptyValuesFromMap(flatSanitizedControlValues);
     flatSanitizedControlValues = this.removeIllegalValuesAndOverloadIssues(
       flatSanitizedControlValues,
       controlValueToValidPlaceholders,
diff --git a/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/workflow.controller.e2e.ts b/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/workflow.controller.e2e.ts
index 657d03db48b..0f7fad4977f 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/workflow.controller.e2e.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/app/workflows-v2/workflow.controller.e2e.ts
@@ -223,6 +223,20 @@ describe('Workflow Controller E2E API Testing', () => {
           }
         }
       });
+      it('should show control value required when empty', async () => {
+        const { issues, status } = await createWorkflowAndReturnStepIssues(
+          { steps: [{ ...buildInAppStep(), controlValues: { body: '' } }] },
+          0
+        );
+        expect(status, JSON.stringify(issues)).to.equal(WorkflowStatusEnum.ERROR);
+        expect(issues).to.be.ok;
+        if (issues.controls) {
+          expect(issues.controls?.body).to.be.ok;
+          if (issues.controls?.body) {
+            expect(issues.controls?.body[0].issueType).to.be.equal(StepContentIssueEnum.MISSING_VALUE);
+          }
+        }
+      });
 
       it('should show digest control value issues when illegal value provided', async () => {
         const steps = [{ ...buildDigestStep() }];