diff --git a/agents-common/src/main/java/org/apache/ranger/plugin/errors/ValidationErrorCode.java b/agents-common/src/main/java/org/apache/ranger/plugin/errors/ValidationErrorCode.java
index dccd8f4f58..bf119773bc 100644
--- a/agents-common/src/main/java/org/apache/ranger/plugin/errors/ValidationErrorCode.java
+++ b/agents-common/src/main/java/org/apache/ranger/plugin/errors/ValidationErrorCode.java
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ public enum ValidationErrorCode {
     GDS_DATASET_NAME_TOO_LONG(4129, "Invalid dataset name=[{0}]. Dataset name should not be longer than 512 characters"),
     GDS_DATASHARE_NAME_TOO_LONG(4130, "Invalid datashare name=[{0}]. Datashare name should not be longer than 512 characters"),
     GDS_PROJECT_NAME_TOO_LONG(4131, "Invalid project name=[{0}]. Project name should not be longer than 512 characters"),
+    GDS_VALIDATION_ERR_SHARED_RESOURCE_RESOURCE_NULL(4132, "Resource value in SharedResource [{0}] is null"),
     ;
 
 
diff --git a/security-admin/src/main/java/org/apache/ranger/validation/RangerGdsValidator.java b/security-admin/src/main/java/org/apache/ranger/validation/RangerGdsValidator.java
index 6efe9f4204..a42a11ffb6 100755
--- a/security-admin/src/main/java/org/apache/ranger/validation/RangerGdsValidator.java
+++ b/security-admin/src/main/java/org/apache/ranger/validation/RangerGdsValidator.java
@@ -303,6 +303,8 @@ public void validateCreate(RangerSharedResource resource) {
 
             if (existing != null) {
                 result.addValidationFailure(new ValidationFailureDetails(ValidationErrorCode.GDS_VALIDATION_ERR_SHARED_RESOURCE_NAME_CONFLICT, "name", resource.getName(), dataShare.getName(), existing));
+            } else if (MapUtils.isEmpty(resource.getResource())) {
+                result.addValidationFailure(new ValidationFailureDetails(ValidationErrorCode.GDS_VALIDATION_ERR_SHARED_RESOURCE_RESOURCE_NULL, "resource", resource.getName()));
             } else {
                 validateSharedResourceCreateAndUpdate(dataShare, result);
 
@@ -335,6 +337,8 @@ public void validateUpdate(RangerSharedResource resource, RangerSharedResource e
 
             if (dataShare == null) {
                 result.addValidationFailure(new ValidationFailureDetails(ValidationErrorCode.GDS_VALIDATION_ERR_DATA_SHARE_ID_NOT_FOUND, "dataShareId", resource.getDataShareId()));
+            } else if (MapUtils.isEmpty(resource.getResource())) {
+                result.addValidationFailure(new ValidationFailureDetails(ValidationErrorCode.GDS_VALIDATION_ERR_SHARED_RESOURCE_RESOURCE_NULL, "resource", resource.getName()));
             } else {
                 validateSharedResourceCreateAndUpdate(dataShare, result);