diff --git a/ballerina-tests/http-dispatching-tests/tests/query_params_binding_test.bal b/ballerina-tests/http-dispatching-tests/tests/query_params_binding_test.bal
index 56b6e50884..949d2799b4 100644
--- a/ballerina-tests/http-dispatching-tests/tests/query_params_binding_test.bal
+++ b/ballerina-tests/http-dispatching-tests/tests/query_params_binding_test.bal
@@ -230,3 +230,9 @@ function testQueryParamBindingCase16() returns error? {
     [map<json>, string[]] resPayload = check resourceQueryParamBindingClient->/query/case16(query1 = string`{"name":"John"%2C "age":37}`, query2 = strVals);
     test:assertEquals(resPayload, [{"name":"John", "age":37}, strVals]);
 }
+
+@test:Config {}
+function testNoQueryParamBindingCase19() returns error? {
+    map<string[]> resPayload = check resourceQueryParamBindingClient->/query/case19;
+    test:assertEquals(resPayload, {});
+}
diff --git a/ballerina-tests/http-dispatching-tests/tests/resource_params_binding_test_common.bal b/ballerina-tests/http-dispatching-tests/tests/resource_params_binding_test_common.bal
index 33ec045e0d..5c13ed02e2 100644
--- a/ballerina-tests/http-dispatching-tests/tests/resource_params_binding_test_common.bal
+++ b/ballerina-tests/http-dispatching-tests/tests/resource_params_binding_test_common.bal
@@ -223,6 +223,10 @@ service /query on resourceParamBindingListener {
     resource function get case16(map<json> query1, string[] query2) returns [map<json>, string[]] {
         return [query1, query2];
     }
+
+    resource function get case19(http:Request req) returns map<string[]> {
+        return req.getQueryParams();
+    }
 }
 
 service /header on resourceParamBindingListener {
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 7dd633ff9a..54d659c691 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ This file contains all the notable changes done to the Ballerina HTTP package th
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), and this project adheres to 
 [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Fixed
+
+- [Fix returning an empty query param even without any query params in the request](https://github.com/ballerina-platform/ballerina-standard-library/issues/4705)
+
 ## [2.9.1] - 2023-08-08
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/http/api/HttpDispatcher.java b/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/http/api/HttpDispatcher.java
index b176006112..282c61c678 100644
--- a/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/http/api/HttpDispatcher.java
+++ b/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/http/api/HttpDispatcher.java
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
 import static io.ballerina.stdlib.http.api.HttpConstants.AUTHORIZATION_HEADER;
 import static io.ballerina.stdlib.http.api.HttpConstants.BEARER_AUTHORIZATION_HEADER;
 import static io.ballerina.stdlib.http.api.HttpConstants.DEFAULT_HOST;
-import static io.ballerina.stdlib.http.api.HttpConstants.EMPTY;
 import static io.ballerina.stdlib.http.api.HttpConstants.JWT_DECODER_CLASS_NAME;
 import static io.ballerina.stdlib.http.api.HttpConstants.JWT_DECODE_METHOD_NAME;
 import static io.ballerina.stdlib.http.api.HttpConstants.JWT_INFORMATION;
@@ -197,7 +196,7 @@ private static String[] extractRawPathAndQuery(String uriWithoutMatrixParams) {
         String[] rawPathAndQuery = new String[2];
         String[] splittedUri = uriWithoutMatrixParams.split(QUERY_STRING_SEPARATOR);
         rawPathAndQuery[0] = splittedUri[0];
-        rawPathAndQuery[1] = splittedUri.length > 1 ? splittedUri[1] : EMPTY;
+        rawPathAndQuery[1] = splittedUri.length > 1 ? splittedUri[1] : null;
         return rawPathAndQuery;
     }