diff --git a/tools/package-client.js b/tools/package-client.js
index 31c4c19e7b..ebf642722d 100644
--- a/tools/package-client.js
+++ b/tools/package-client.js
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ exports.updateServerPackageData = function (dataStore, options) {
     // disk (unless we were just told to reset everything).
     if (!remoteData.resetData && _.isEqual(remoteData.collections, {})) {
       done = true;
+      ret.data = {};
       return;
     }