diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/export/all.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/export/all.ts
index ed93a4d8ac..69b06fb040 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/export/all.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/export/all.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export class ExportAllCommand extends BaseCommand {
 			const totalRowsCount = await connection
 				.query(`SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM ${tableName}`)
 				.then((rows: Array<{ count: number }>) => rows[0].count);
+			if (totalRowsCount === 0) continue;
 
 			const stream = fs.createWriteStream(join(backupPath, `${tableName}.jsonl`));