diff --git a/course_discovery/apps/course_metadata/management/commands/tests/test_populate_executive_education_data_csv.py b/course_discovery/apps/course_metadata/management/commands/tests/test_populate_executive_education_data_csv.py
index 6fb210df9dd..a2b9728dc28 100644
--- a/course_discovery/apps/course_metadata/management/commands/tests/test_populate_executive_education_data_csv.py
+++ b/course_discovery/apps/course_metadata/management/commands/tests/test_populate_executive_education_data_csv.py
@@ -221,6 +221,12 @@ def test_skip_products_ingestion_if_variants_data_empty(self, mock_get_smarter_c
                     ),
                 )
 
+                output_csv.seek(0)
+                with open(output_csv.name, 'r') as csv_file:
+                    reader = csv.DictReader(csv_file)
+                    # check for empty csv file
+                    assert not any(reader)
+
     @mock.patch('course_discovery.apps.course_metadata.utils.GetSmarterEnterpriseApiClient')
     def test_successful_file_data_population_with_getsmarter_flag_with_multiple_variants(self, mock_get_smarter_client):
         """