diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-5.5.1.rst b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-5.5.1.rst
index 43029d86..b5a0fc6a 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-5.5.1.rst
+++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-5.5.1.rst
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Fixes
 ^^^^^
 
 - Fixed issues with caches key on windows WSL that were over 255 characters
+- Fix for SVN dumps with empty revisions
 
 
 Upgrade notes
diff --git a/rhodecode/api/tests/test_get_repo_changeset.py b/rhodecode/api/tests/test_get_repo_changeset.py
index 36580ad1..a6121a37 100644
--- a/rhodecode/api/tests/test_get_repo_changeset.py
+++ b/rhodecode/api/tests/test_get_repo_changeset.py
@@ -155,3 +155,26 @@ class TestGetRepoChangeset(object):
         response = api_call(self.app, params)
         expected = "commit_id must be a string value got <class 'int'> instead"
         assert_error(id_, expected, given=response.body)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("details", ["basic", "extended", "full"])
+    def test_get_repo_changeset_empty_revs(self, details, backend_svn):
+        """
+        Test case for repositories with empty revisions.
+        Ensures that no crashes occur and an empty list is returned.
+        """
+        empty_rev_id = "1000"  
+
+        __, params = build_data(
+            self.apikey,
+            "get_repo_changesets",
+            repoid=backend_svn.repo_name,
+            start_rev=empty_rev_id,
+            limit=10,
+            details=details,
+        )
+        
+        response = api_call(self.app, params)
+        result = response.json["result"]
+
+        assert isinstance(result, list)  
+        assert len(result) == 0
diff --git a/rhodecode/api/views/repo_api.py b/rhodecode/api/views/repo_api.py
index ee9fb1a7..bdd90be6 100644
--- a/rhodecode/api/views/repo_api.py
+++ b/rhodecode/api/views/repo_api.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ from rhodecode.lib.utils2 import str2bool, time_to_datetime, safe_str, safe_int
 from rhodecode.lib.ext_json import json
 from rhodecode.lib.exceptions import StatusChangeOnClosedPullRequestError, CommentVersionMismatch
 from rhodecode.lib.vcs import RepositoryError
-from rhodecode.lib.vcs.exceptions import NodeDoesNotExistError
+from rhodecode.lib.vcs.exceptions import NodeDoesNotExistError, EmptyRepositoryError
 from rhodecode.model.changeset_status import ChangesetStatusModel
 from rhodecode.model.comment import CommentsModel
 from rhodecode.model.db import Session, ChangesetStatus, RepositoryField, Repository, RepoGroup, ChangesetComment
@@ -393,6 +393,8 @@ def get_repo_changesets(request, apiuser, repoid, start_rev, limit, details=Opti
         commits = vcs_repo.get_commits(start_id=start_rev, pre_load=pre_load, translate_tags=False)
     except TypeError as e:
         raise JSONRPCError(safe_str(e))
+    except EmptyRepositoryError:
+        return []
     except Exception:
         log.exception("Fetching of commits failed")
         raise JSONRPCError("Error occurred during commit fetching")
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/svn/repository.py b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/svn/repository.py
index 2241ba43..d0ae04de 100644
--- a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/svn/repository.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/svn/repository.py
@@ -306,8 +306,13 @@ class SubversionRepository(base.BaseRepository):
             self._validate_commit_id(end_id)
 
         start_raw_id = self._sanitize_commit_id(start_id)
-        start_pos = self.commit_ids.index(start_raw_id) if start_id else None
         end_raw_id = self._sanitize_commit_id(end_id)
+        
+        # for empty revisions in SVN
+        if start_raw_id not in self.commit_ids or end_raw_id not in self.commit_ids:
+            return base.CollectionGenerator(self, [])
+
+        start_pos = self.commit_ids.index(start_raw_id) if start_id else None
         end_pos = max(0, self.commit_ids.index(end_raw_id)) if end_id else None
 
         if None not in [start_id, end_id] and start_pos > end_pos: