diff --git a/vertx-pin/zero-wf/src/main/java/io/vertx/tp/workflow/uca/toolkit/ULinkage.java b/vertx-pin/zero-wf/src/main/java/io/vertx/tp/workflow/uca/toolkit/ULinkage.java
index f4e6b74d63566114608a2077a55ba6b99a16a321..0b5fb434a046c7c37f29606567fb41126eb93a30 100644
--- a/vertx-pin/zero-wf/src/main/java/io/vertx/tp/workflow/uca/toolkit/ULinkage.java
+++ b/vertx-pin/zero-wf/src/main/java/io/vertx/tp/workflow/uca/toolkit/ULinkage.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class ULinkage {
          * Old Processing
          */
         final WRecord prev = record.prev();
-        if (Objects.nonNull(prev)) {
+        if (Objects.nonNull(prev)&&prev.data().size()>0) {
             return this.fetchAsync(prev).compose(prevRecord -> {
                 record.prev(prevRecord);
                 return this.syncAsyncInternal(params, record);