diff --git a/miner/scroll_worker.go b/miner/scroll_worker.go
index 87edea049896..293c4398f2bc 100644
--- a/miner/scroll_worker.go
+++ b/miner/scroll_worker.go
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ func (w *worker) mainLoop() {
 			// be automatically eliminated.
 			if w.current != nil {
 				shouldCommit, _ := w.processTxnSlice(ev.Txs)
-				if shouldCommit || w.current.deadlineReached {
+				if shouldCommit || (w.current.deadlineReached && len(w.current.txs) > 0) {
 					_, err = w.commit()
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index 49ab1dec9e09..ec3dfc492eef 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 5         // Major version component of the current release
 	VersionMinor = 7         // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 19        // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 20        // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "mainnet" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )