diff --git a/metadata-io/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/search/utils/BrowsePathV2Utils.java b/metadata-io/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/search/utils/BrowsePathV2Utils.java
index 1487ac58d6a0a..a7f5ea7a51e29 100644
--- a/metadata-io/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/search/utils/BrowsePathV2Utils.java
+++ b/metadata-io/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/search/utils/BrowsePathV2Utils.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import static com.linkedin.metadata.Constants.CONTAINER_ASPECT_NAME;
 
@@ -140,7 +141,9 @@ private static BrowsePathEntryArray getContainerPathEntries(@Nonnull final Urn e
   private static BrowsePathEntryArray getDefaultDatasetPathEntries(@Nonnull final String datasetName, @Nonnull final Character delimiter) {
     BrowsePathEntryArray browsePathEntries = new BrowsePathEntryArray();
     if (datasetName.contains(delimiter.toString())) {
-      final List<String> datasetNamePathParts = Arrays.asList(datasetName.split(Pattern.quote(delimiter.toString())));
+      final List<String> datasetNamePathParts = Arrays.stream(datasetName.split(Pattern.quote(delimiter.toString())))
+              .filter((name) -> !name.isEmpty())
+              .collect(Collectors.toList());
       // Omit the name from the path.
       datasetNamePathParts.subList(0, datasetNamePathParts.size() - 1).forEach((part -> {
         browsePathEntries.add(createBrowsePathEntry(part, null));