diff --git a/sdks/java/io/amazon-web-services2/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/aws2/dynamodb/AttributeValueCoder.java b/sdks/java/io/amazon-web-services2/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/aws2/dynamodb/AttributeValueCoder.java
index 79d480e5ef0b..059167d40a0c 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/amazon-web-services2/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/aws2/dynamodb/AttributeValueCoder.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/amazon-web-services2/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/aws2/dynamodb/AttributeValueCoder.java
@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ public void encode(AttributeValue value, OutputStream outStream) throws IOExcept
     } else if (value.bs() != null && value.bs().size() > 0) {
       StringUtf8Coder.of().encode(AttributeValueType.bs.toString(), outStream);
       LIST_BYTE_CODER.encode(convertToListByteArray(value.bs()), outStream);
-    } else if (value.l() != null && value.l().size() > 0) {
+    } else if (value.l() != null) {
       StringUtf8Coder.of().encode(AttributeValueType.l.toString(), outStream);
       LIST_ATTRIBUTE_CODER.encode(value.l(), outStream);
-    } else if (value.m() != null && value.m().size() > 0) {
+    } else if (value.m() != null) {
       StringUtf8Coder.of().encode(AttributeValueType.m.toString(), outStream);
       MAP_ATTRIBUTE_CODER.encode(value.m(), outStream);
     } else if (value.nul() != null) {