diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/web/csrf_protection.rb b/lib/sidekiq/web/csrf_protection.rb
index 58d55b67..24b54904 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/web/csrf_protection.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/web/csrf_protection.rb
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ module Sidekiq
         end
 
         sess = session(env)
+
+        # Checks that Rack::Session::Cookie did not return empty session
+        # object in case the digest verification failed
+        return false if sess.empty?
+
         localtoken = sess[:csrf]
 
         # Rotate the session token after every use
diff --git a/test/test_csrf.rb b/test/test_csrf.rb
index 16f517f5..adc9b182 100644
--- a/test/test_csrf.rb
+++ b/test/test_csrf.rb
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ class TestCsrf < Minitest::Test
     @session ||= {}
   end
 
-  def env(method=:get, form_hash={})
+  def env(method=:get, form_hash={}, rack_session=session)
     imp = StringIO.new("")
     {
       "REQUEST_METHOD" => method.to_s.upcase,
-      "rack.session" => session,
+      "rack.session" => rack_session,
       "rack.logger" => ::Logger.new(@logio ||= StringIO.new("")),
       "rack.input" => imp,
       "rack.request.form_input" => imp,
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ class TestCsrf < Minitest::Test
   end
 
   def test_good_and_bad_posts
-    goodtoken = nil
     # Make a GET to set up the session with a good token
     goodtoken = call(env) do |envy|
       envy[:csrf_token]
@@ -82,4 +81,20 @@ class TestCsrf < Minitest::Test
     assert_equal 403, result[0]
     assert_equal ["Forbidden"], result[2]
   end
+
+  def test_empty_session_post
+    # Make a GET to set up the session with a good token
+    goodtoken = call(env) do |envy|
+      envy[:csrf_token]
+    end
+    assert goodtoken
+
+    # Make a POST with an empty session data and good token
+    result = call(env(:post, { "authenticity_token" => goodtoken }, {})) do
+      raise "shouldnt be called"
+    end
+    refute_nil result
+    assert_equal 403, result[0]
+    assert_equal ["Forbidden"], result[2]
+  end
 end