diff --git a/src/tribler/gui/network/request.py b/src/tribler/gui/network/request.py
index 4a1fe7e7a7a..e019a3d39c6 100644
--- a/src/tribler/gui/network/request.py
+++ b/src/tribler/gui/network/request.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def on_finished(self):
                 return
 
             if not data:
-                self.on_finished_signal.emit({})
+                self.logger.error(f'No data received in the reply for {self}')
                 return
 
             self.logger.debug('Create a json response')
diff --git a/src/tribler/gui/network/tests/test_request.py b/src/tribler/gui/network/tests/test_request.py
index a6b5bcd0cbc..8aef3f7c962 100644
--- a/src/tribler/gui/network/tests/test_request.py
+++ b/src/tribler/gui/network/tests/test_request.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def test_str_data_constructor():
 
 def test_on_finished():
     # Test that if 'request.reply' is empty, the `on_finish` method is called with an empty dict.
-    # see: https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/issues/7297
+    # see: https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/issues/7333
     on_success = MagicMock()
     request = Request(endpoint='endpoint', on_success=on_success)
     request.manager = MagicMock()
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ def test_on_finished():
 
     request.on_finished()
 
-    on_success.assert_called_once_with({})
+    on_success.assert_not_called()