diff --git a/src/DataTypes/DataTypeVariant.cpp b/src/DataTypes/DataTypeVariant.cpp
index cc8d04e94da..3ec1c994f5e 100644
--- a/src/DataTypes/DataTypeVariant.cpp
+++ b/src/DataTypes/DataTypeVariant.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ DataTypeVariant::DataTypeVariant(const DataTypes & variants_)
     for (const auto & [_, type] : name_to_type)
         variants.push_back(type);
 
+    if (variants.empty())
+        throw Exception(ErrorCodes::BAD_ARGUMENTS, "Variant type should have at least one nested type");
+
     if (variants.size() > ColumnVariant::MAX_NESTED_COLUMNS)
         throw Exception(ErrorCodes::BAD_ARGUMENTS, "Variant type with more than {} nested types is not allowed", ColumnVariant::MAX_NESTED_COLUMNS);
 }
diff --git a/src/Functions/FunctionsConversion.h b/src/Functions/FunctionsConversion.h
index e622827e120..582228744e4 100644
--- a/src/Functions/FunctionsConversion.h
+++ b/src/Functions/FunctionsConversion.h
@@ -4881,6 +4881,14 @@ private:
         if (const auto * variant_type = typeid_cast<const DataTypeVariant *>(from_type.get()))
             return createVariantToDynamicWrapper(*variant_type, dynamic_type);
 
+        if (from_type->onlyNull())
+            return [](ColumnsWithTypeAndName &, const DataTypePtr & result_type, const ColumnNullable *, size_t input_rows_count) -> ColumnPtr
+            {
+                auto result = result_type->createColumn();
+                result->insertManyDefaults(input_rows_count);
+                return result;
+            };
+
         if (context && context->getSettingsRef()[Setting::cast_string_to_dynamic_use_inference] && isStringOrFixedString(removeNullable(removeLowCardinality(from_type))))
             return createStringToDynamicThroughParsingWrapper();
 
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/03276_empty_variant_type.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03276_empty_variant_type.reference
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/03276_empty_variant_type.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03276_empty_variant_type.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b87ebbee764
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03276_empty_variant_type.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+set allow_experimental_variant_type=1;
+create table test (v Variant()) engine=Variant(); -- {serverError BAD_ARGUMENTS}
+