diff --git a/components/services/bat_ledger/public/interfaces/bat_ledger.mojom b/components/services/bat_ledger/public/interfaces/bat_ledger.mojom
index 2e2f55ce4c16..af529a654111 100644
--- a/components/services/bat_ledger/public/interfaces/bat_ledger.mojom
+++ b/components/services/bat_ledger/public/interfaces/bat_ledger.mojom
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ interface BatLedger {
 
   GetPendingContributionsTotal() => (double amount);
 
-  FetchBalance() => (ledger.mojom.Result result, ledger.mojom.Balance balance);
+  FetchBalance() => (ledger.mojom.Result result, ledger.mojom.Balance? balance);
 
   GetExternalWallet(string wallet_type) => (ledger.mojom.Result result, ledger.mojom.ExternalWallet? wallet);
 
diff --git a/vendor/bat-native-ledger/src/bat/ledger/internal/wallet/wallet_balance.cc b/vendor/bat-native-ledger/src/bat/ledger/internal/wallet/wallet_balance.cc
index e50a1d9ddcae..be029b24cc86 100644
--- a/vendor/bat-native-ledger/src/bat/ledger/internal/wallet/wallet_balance.cc
+++ b/vendor/bat-native-ledger/src/bat/ledger/internal/wallet/wallet_balance.cc
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ void WalletBalance::Fetch(ledger::FetchBalanceCallback callback) {
   }
 
   const std::string payment_id = braveledger_state::GetPaymentId(ledger_);
+  if (payment_id.empty()) {
+    BLOG(0, "Payment ID is empty");
+    callback(ledger::Result::LEDGER_ERROR, nullptr);
+    return;
+  }
 
   const std::string url = braveledger_request_util::GetBalanceWalletURL(
       braveledger_state::GetPaymentId(ledger_));