diff --git a/integration/v3_watch_test.go b/integration/v3_watch_test.go
index 16ae7dcc9..54317e018 100644
--- a/integration/v3_watch_test.go
+++ b/integration/v3_watch_test.go
@@ -411,6 +411,52 @@ func TestV3WatchCurrentPutOverlap(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestV3WatchEmptyKey ensures synced watchers see empty key PUTs as PUT events
+func TestV3WatchEmptyKey(t *testing.T) {
+	clus := NewClusterV3(t, &ClusterConfig{Size: 1})
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	ws, werr := toGRPC(clus.RandClient()).Watch.Watch(ctx)
+	if werr != nil {
+		t.Fatal(werr)
+	}
+	req := &pb.WatchRequest{RequestUnion: &pb.WatchRequest_CreateRequest{
+		CreateRequest: &pb.WatchCreateRequest{
+			Key: []byte("foo")}}}
+	if err := ws.Send(req); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := ws.Recv(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// put a key with empty value
+	kvc := toGRPC(clus.RandClient()).KV
+	preq := &pb.PutRequest{Key: []byte("foo")}
+	if _, err := kvc.Put(context.TODO(), preq); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// check received PUT
+	resp, rerr := ws.Recv()
+	if rerr != nil {
+		t.Fatal(rerr)
+	}
+	wevs := []*storagepb.Event{
+		{
+			Type: storagepb.PUT,
+			Kv:   &storagepb.KeyValue{Key: []byte("foo"), CreateRevision: 2, ModRevision: 2, Version: 1},
+		},
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(resp.Events, wevs) {
+		t.Fatalf("got %v, expected %v", resp.Events, wevs)
+	}
+
+	clus.Terminate(t)
+}
+
 func TestV3WatchMultipleWatchersSynced(t *testing.T) {
 	defer testutil.AfterTest(t)
 	testV3WatchMultipleWatchers(t, 0)
diff --git a/storage/watchable_store.go b/storage/watchable_store.go
index 36521cfc1..471b24ee7 100644
--- a/storage/watchable_store.go
+++ b/storage/watchable_store.go
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ func (s *watchableStore) TxnEnd(txnID int64) error {
 	rev := s.store.Rev()
 	evs := make([]storagepb.Event, len(changes))
 	for i, change := range changes {
-		switch change.Value {
-		case nil:
+		switch change.CreateRevision {
+		case 0:
 			evs[i] = storagepb.Event{
 				Type: storagepb.DELETE,
 				Kv:   &changes[i]}