diff --git a/cpp/src/transform/compute_column.cu b/cpp/src/transform/compute_column.cu
index e11ff437c14..8fa5e75664f 100644
--- a/cpp/src/transform/compute_column.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/transform/compute_column.cu
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2020-2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2020-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<column> compute_column(table_view const& table,
 
   auto output_column = cudf::make_fixed_width_column(
     parser.output_type(), table.num_rows(), output_column_mask_state, stream, mr);
+  if (table.num_rows() == 0) { return output_column; }
   auto mutable_output_device =
     cudf::mutable_column_device_view::create(output_column->mutable_view(), stream);