diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8a4d7932..6ecbf45a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - `module_verion`: data source: change relation from latest-module-version to module-version  ([#181](https://github.com/Scalr/terraform-provider-scalr/pull/181))
 
+### Fixed
+
+- panic when creating workspace with empty var file value ([#191](https://github.com/Scalr/terraform-provider-scalr/pull/191))
+
 ## [1.0.0-rc38] - 2022-10-20
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/docs/resources/scalr_workspace.md b/docs/resources/scalr_workspace.md
index daf2d389..7401393c 100644
--- a/docs/resources/scalr_workspace.md
+++ b/docs/resources/scalr_workspace.md
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ resource "scalr_workspace" "cli-driven" {
 * `execution-mode` - (Optional) Which execution mode to use. Valid values are `remote` and `local`. When set to `local`, the workspace will be used for state storage only. Defaults to `remote` (not set, backend default is used).
 * `terraform_version` - (Optional) The version of Terraform to use for this workspace. Defaults to the latest available version.
 * `working_directory` - (Optional) A relative path that Terraform will be run in. Defaults to the root of the repository `""`.
-var_files` - (Optional) A list of paths to the `.tfvars` file(s) to be used as part of the workspace configuration.
+* `var_files` - (Optional) A list of paths to the `.tfvars` file(s) to be used as part of the workspace configuration.
 * `run_operation_timeout` - (Optional) The number of minutes run operation can be executed before termination. Defaults to `0` (not set, backend default is used).
 * `module_version_id` - (Optional) The identifier of a module version in the format `modver-<RANDOM STRING>`. This attribute conflicts with `vcs_provider_id` and `vcs_repo` attributes.
 * `agent_pool_id` - (Optional) The identifier of an agent pool in the format `apool-<RANDOM STRING>`.
diff --git a/scalr/resource_scalr_workspace.go b/scalr/resource_scalr_workspace.go
index 6c2d5dd7..f8c9499a 100644
--- a/scalr/resource_scalr_workspace.go
+++ b/scalr/resource_scalr_workspace.go
@@ -88,7 +88,10 @@ func resourceScalrWorkspace() *schema.Resource {
 			"var_files": {
 				Type:     schema.TypeList,
 				Optional: true,
-				Elem:     &schema.Schema{Type: schema.TypeString},
+				Elem: &schema.Schema{
+					Type:         schema.TypeString,
+					ValidateFunc: validation.NoZeroValues,
+				},
 			},
 
 			"operations": {