diff --git a/mutation_partition.cc b/mutation_partition.cc
index b189528103..771a72617a 100644
--- a/mutation_partition.cc
+++ b/mutation_partition.cc
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ static void get_compacted_row_slice(const schema& s,
             } else {
                 auto&& mut = cell->as_collection_mutation();
                 auto&& ctype = static_pointer_cast<const collection_type_impl>(def.type);
-                if (ctype->is_empty(mut)) {
+                if (!ctype->is_any_live(mut)) {
                     writer.add().skip();
                 } else {
                     write_cell(writer, slice, def.type, mut);
diff --git a/tests/cql_query_test.cc b/tests/cql_query_test.cc
index 3b2f2be6b9..93e7a82268 100644
--- a/tests/cql_query_test.cc
+++ b/tests/cql_query_test.cc
@@ -2103,6 +2103,24 @@ SEASTAR_TEST_CASE(test_alter_table) {
         });
     });
 }
+
+SEASTAR_TEST_CASE(test_map_query) {
+    return do_with_cql_env([] (auto& e) {
+        return seastar::async([&e] {
+            e.execute_cql("CREATE TABLE xx (k int PRIMARY KEY, m map<text, int>);").get();
+            e.execute_cql("insert into xx (k, m) values (0, {'v2': 1});").get();
+            auto m_type = map_type_impl::get_instance(utf8_type, int32_type, true);
+            assert_that(e.execute_cql("select m from xx where k = 0;").get0())
+                    .is_rows().with_rows({
+                        { make_map_value(m_type, map_type_impl::native_type({{sstring("v2"), 1}})).serialize() }
+                    });
+            e.execute_cql("delete m['v2'] from xx where k = 0;").get();
+            assert_that(e.execute_cql("select m from xx where k = 0;").get0())
+                    .is_rows().with_rows({{{}}});
+        });
+    });
+}
+
 SEASTAR_TEST_CASE(test_drop_table) {
     return do_with_cql_env([] (auto& e) {
         return seastar::async([&e] {
diff --git a/types.hh b/types.hh
index ecaece4082..ef657c8e17 100644
--- a/types.hh
+++ b/types.hh
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ public:
     static bytes pack(BytesViewIterator start, BytesViewIterator finish, int elements, cql_serialization_format sf);
     static mutation_view deserialize_mutation_form(collection_mutation_view in);
     bool is_empty(collection_mutation_view in) const;
-    bool is_any_live(collection_mutation_view in, tombstone tomb, gc_clock::time_point now) const;
+    bool is_any_live(collection_mutation_view in, tombstone tomb = tombstone(), gc_clock::time_point now = gc_clock::time_point::min()) const;
     virtual bytes to_value(mutation_view mut, cql_serialization_format sf) const = 0;
     bytes to_value(collection_mutation_view mut, cql_serialization_format sf) const;
     // FIXME: use iterators?