diff --git a/reference-tests/src/test/java/net/consensys/linea/BlockchainReferenceTestTools.java b/reference-tests/src/test/java/net/consensys/linea/BlockchainReferenceTestTools.java
index 6355433844..17d4111be6 100644
--- a/reference-tests/src/test/java/net/consensys/linea/BlockchainReferenceTestTools.java
+++ b/reference-tests/src/test/java/net/consensys/linea/BlockchainReferenceTestTools.java
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ public static void executeTest(final BlockchainReferenceTestCaseSpec spec) {
     zkTracer.traceStartConflation(spec.getCandidateBlocks().length);
 
     for (var candidateBlock : spec.getCandidateBlocks()) {
-      if (!candidateBlock.isExecutable()) {
+      if (!candidateBlock.isExecutable()
+          || candidateBlock.getBlock().getBody().getTransactions().isEmpty()) {
         return;
       }