diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/credentials_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/credentials_controller.rb
index e77f57910..64b5cb747 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/credentials_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/credentials_controller.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class Api::V1::Accounts::CredentialsController < Api::BaseController
   end
 
   def user_settings_params
-    return nil unless params.key?(:source)
+    return nil if params[:source].blank?
 
     source_params = params.require(:source)
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/api/v1/accounts/credentials_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/api/v1/accounts/credentials_controller_spec.rb
index 19ac32612..ebd462a03 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/api/v1/accounts/credentials_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/api/v1/accounts/credentials_controller_spec.rb
@@ -59,6 +59,19 @@ describe Api::V1::Accounts::CredentialsController do
         end
       end
 
+      describe 'with empty source list' do
+        before do
+          patch :update, params: {
+            display_name: "I'm a cat",
+            source: {},
+          }, as: :json
+        end
+
+        it 'returns http success' do
+          expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
+        end
+     end
+
       describe 'with invalid data' do
         before do
           patch :update, params: { note: 'This is too long. ' * 30 }