diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/AnalyzeTableCommand.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/AnalyzeTableCommand.scala
index 52a8fc88c56c..e6606b403f70 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/AnalyzeTableCommand.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/AnalyzeTableCommand.scala
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ case class AnalyzeTableCommand(
     }
 
     def updateTableStats(catalogTable: CatalogTable, newTotalSize: Long): Unit = {
-      val oldTotalSize = catalogTable.stats.map(_.sizeInBytes.toLong).getOrElse(0L)
+      val oldTotalSize = catalogTable.stats.map(_.sizeInBytes.toLong).getOrElse(-1L)
       val oldRowCount = catalogTable.stats.flatMap(_.rowCount.map(_.toLong)).getOrElse(-1L)
       var newStats: Option[Statistics] = None
-      if (newTotalSize > 0 && newTotalSize != oldTotalSize) {
+      if (newTotalSize >= 0 && newTotalSize != oldTotalSize) {
         newStats = Some(Statistics(sizeInBytes = newTotalSize))
       }
       // We only set rowCount when noscan is false, because otherwise:
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/StatisticsCollectionSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/StatisticsCollectionSuite.scala
index c663b31351b5..a08edbe7d9a5 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/StatisticsCollectionSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/StatisticsCollectionSuite.scala
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import scala.util.Random
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.TableIdentifier
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical._
-import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.LogicalRelation
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.StaticSQLConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.test.{SharedSQLContext, SQLTestUtils}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.test.SQLTestData.ArrayData
@@ -38,15 +37,20 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 class StatisticsCollectionSuite extends StatisticsCollectionTestBase with SharedSQLContext {
   import testImplicits._
 
-  private def checkTableStats(tableName: String, expectedRowCount: Option[Int])
-    : Option[Statistics] = {
-    val df = spark.table(tableName)
-    val stats = df.queryExecution.analyzed.collect { case rel: LogicalRelation =>
-      assert(rel.catalogTable.get.stats.flatMap(_.rowCount) === expectedRowCount)
-      rel.catalogTable.get.stats
+  def checkTableStats(
+      tableName: String,
+      hasSizeInBytes: Boolean,
+      expectedRowCounts: Option[Int]): Option[Statistics] = {
+    val stats = spark.sessionState.catalog.getTableMetadata(TableIdentifier(tableName)).stats
+    if (hasSizeInBytes || expectedRowCounts.nonEmpty) {
+      assert(stats.isDefined)
+      assert(stats.get.sizeInBytes >= 0)
+      assert(stats.get.rowCount === expectedRowCounts)
+    } else {
+      assert(stats.isEmpty)
     }
-    assert(stats.size == 1)
-    stats.head
+
+    stats
   }
 
   test("estimates the size of a limit 0 on outer join") {
@@ -86,6 +90,19 @@ class StatisticsCollectionSuite extends StatisticsCollectionTestBase with Shared
     }
   }
 
+  test("analyze empty table") {
+    val table = "emptyTable"
+    withTable(table) {
+      sql(s"CREATE TABLE $table (key STRING, value STRING) USING PARQUET")
+      sql(s"ANALYZE TABLE $table COMPUTE STATISTICS noscan")
+      val fetchedStats1 = checkTableStats(table, hasSizeInBytes = true, expectedRowCounts = None)
+      assert(fetchedStats1.get.sizeInBytes == 0)
+      sql(s"ANALYZE TABLE $table COMPUTE STATISTICS")
+      val fetchedStats2 = checkTableStats(table, hasSizeInBytes = true, expectedRowCounts = Some(0))
+      assert(fetchedStats2.get.sizeInBytes == 0)
+    }
+  }
+
   test("test table-level statistics for data source table") {
     val tableName = "tbl"
     withTable(tableName) {
@@ -94,11 +111,11 @@ class StatisticsCollectionSuite extends StatisticsCollectionTestBase with Shared
 
       // noscan won't count the number of rows
       sql(s"ANALYZE TABLE $tableName COMPUTE STATISTICS noscan")
-      checkTableStats(tableName, expectedRowCount = None)
+      checkTableStats(tableName, hasSizeInBytes = true, expectedRowCounts = None)
 
       // without noscan, we count the number of rows
       sql(s"ANALYZE TABLE $tableName COMPUTE STATISTICS")
-      checkTableStats(tableName, expectedRowCount = Some(2))
+      checkTableStats(tableName, hasSizeInBytes = true, expectedRowCounts = Some(2))
     }
   }