diff --git a/ceilometer/api/controllers/v2.py b/ceilometer/api/controllers/v2.py
index 955aa2d25..ea543acf2 100644
--- a/ceilometer/api/controllers/v2.py
+++ b/ceilometer/api/controllers/v2.py
@@ -1167,7 +1167,8 @@ class ValidatedComplexQuery(object):
         schema_value_in = {
             "type": "array",
             "items": {"oneOf": [{"type": "string"},
-                                {"type": "number"}]}}
+                                {"type": "number"}]},
+            "minItems": 1}
 
         schema_field = {
             "type": "object",
diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/api/v2/test_complex_query.py b/ceilometer/tests/api/v2/test_complex_query.py
index e1fe4d969..c7009c486 100644
--- a/ceilometer/tests/api/v2/test_complex_query.py
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/api/v2/test_complex_query.py
@@ -392,3 +392,9 @@ class TestFilterSyntaxValidation(test.BaseTestCase):
         self.assertRaises(jsonschema.ValidationError,
                           self.query._validate_filter,
                           filter)
+
+    def test_empty_in_query_not_passing(self):
+        filter = {"in": {"resource_id": []}}
+        self.assertRaises(jsonschema.ValidationError,
+                          self.query._validate_filter,
+                          filter)
diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/storage/test_storage_scenarios.py b/ceilometer/tests/storage/test_storage_scenarios.py
index cb04fa0ac..11e204267 100644
--- a/ceilometer/tests/storage/test_storage_scenarios.py
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/storage/test_storage_scenarios.py
@@ -943,11 +943,6 @@ class ComplexSampleQueryTest(DBTestBase,
             self.assertTrue(sample.counter_volume > 0.4)
             self.assertTrue(sample.counter_volume <= 0.8)
 
-    def test_query_filter_with_empty_in(self):
-        results = list(
-            self.conn.query_samples(filter_expr={"in": {"resource_id": []}}))
-        self.assertEqual(len(results), 0)
-
     def test_query_simple_metadata_filter(self):
         self._create_samples()