diff --git a/cpp/src/io/utilities/trie.cu b/cpp/src/io/utilities/trie.cu
index e2ace7258f7..d902cfecf40 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/utilities/trie.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/io/utilities/trie.cu
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ namespace detail {
 rmm::device_uvector<serial_trie_node> create_serialized_trie(const std::vector<std::string>& keys,
                                                              rmm::cuda_stream_view stream)
 {
+  if (keys.empty()) { return rmm::device_uvector<serial_trie_node>{0, stream}; }
+
   static constexpr int alphabet_size = std::numeric_limits<char>::max() + 1;
   struct TreeTrieNode {
     using TrieNodePtr                 = std::unique_ptr<TreeTrieNode>;
diff --git a/cpp/src/io/utilities/trie.cuh b/cpp/src/io/utilities/trie.cuh
index 85834ad2f0e..0f87de81653 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/utilities/trie.cuh
+++ b/cpp/src/io/utilities/trie.cuh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2018-2021, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ trie create_serialized_trie(const std::vector<std::string>& keys, rmm::cuda_stre
 __host__ __device__ inline bool serialized_trie_contains(device_span<serial_trie_node const> trie,
                                                          device_span<char const> key)
 {
-  if (trie.data() == nullptr || trie.empty()) return false;
-  if (key.empty()) return trie.front().is_leaf;
+  if (trie.empty()) { return false; }
+  if (key.empty()) { return trie.front().is_leaf; }
   auto curr_node = trie.begin() + 1;
   for (auto curr_key = key.begin(); curr_key < key.end(); ++curr_key) {
     // Don't jump away from root node
diff --git a/cpp/tests/io/csv_test.cpp b/cpp/tests/io/csv_test.cpp
index a0daab767c0..193d1092cab 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/io/csv_test.cpp
+++ b/cpp/tests/io/csv_test.cpp
@@ -1358,6 +1358,22 @@ TEST_F(CsvReaderTest, nullHandling)
 
     CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUAL(expect, view.column(0));
   }
+
+  // Filter enabled, but no NA values
+  {
+    cudf::io::csv_reader_options in_opts =
+      cudf::io::csv_reader_options::builder(cudf::io::source_info{filepath})
+        .keep_default_na(false)
+        .dtypes({dtype<cudf::string_view>()})
+        .header(-1)
+        .skip_blank_lines(false);
+    const auto result = cudf::io::read_csv(in_opts);
+    const auto view   = result.tbl->view();
+    auto expect =
+      cudf::test::strings_column_wrapper({"NULL", "", "null", "n/a", "Null", "NA", "nan"});
+
+    CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUAL(expect, view.column(0));
+  }
 }
 
 TEST_F(CsvReaderTest, FailCases)