diff --git a/ts3-client/core/src/main/java/com/ts3client/net/ConnectionEventHandler.java b/ts3-client/core/src/main/java/com/ts3client/net/ConnectionEventHandler.java
index f573fd9..910a471 100644
--- a/ts3-client/core/src/main/java/com/ts3client/net/ConnectionEventHandler.java
+++ b/ts3-client/core/src/main/java/com/ts3client/net/ConnectionEventHandler.java
@@ -314,12 +314,12 @@ final class ConnectionEventHandler implements TS3Listener {
             // Both fields travel together, so an absent message here means "no message"
             // — which `has` cannot tell from "not reported".
             c.awayMessage = c.away ? TeamspeakConnection.orEmpty(e.get("client_away_message")) : "";
-        } else if (has(e, "client_away_message")) {
-            c.awayMessage = e.get("client_away_message");
+        } else if (reported(e, "client_away_message")) {
+            c.awayMessage = TeamspeakConnection.orEmpty(e.get("client_away_message"));
         }
         if (has(e, "client_talk_power")) c.talkPower = e.getInt("client_talk_power");
-        if (has(e, "client_description")) {
-            c.description = e.get("client_description");
+        if (reported(e, "client_description")) {
+            c.description = TeamspeakConnection.orEmpty(e.get("client_description"));
             conn.ui.onInfoUpdated();
         }
         // The answer to clientgetvariables.
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ final class ConnectionEventHandler implements TS3Listener {
         }
         if (has(e, "client_is_channel_commander"))
             c.channelCommander = e.getBoolean("client_is_channel_commander");
-        if (has(e, "client_flag_avatar")) c.avatarFlag = TeamspeakConnection.orEmpty(e.get("client_flag_avatar"));
+        if (reported(e, "client_flag_avatar")) c.avatarFlag = TeamspeakConnection.orEmpty(e.get("client_flag_avatar"));
         announceClientUpdate(e, c, renamed, oldName);
         conn.ui.onModelChanged();
     }
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ final class ConnectionEventHandler implements TS3Listener {
         ChannelNode ch = conn.getModel().getChannel(safeInt(e, "cid"));
         if (ch == null) return;
         // The answer to channelgetdescription; an empty description comes as a bare key.
-        if (e.getMap().containsKey("channel_description")) {
+        if (reported(e, "channel_description")) {
             ch.description = TeamspeakConnection.orEmpty(e.get("channel_description"));
             ch.descriptionLoaded = true;
             conn.ui.onInfoUpdated();
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ final class ConnectionEventHandler implements TS3Listener {
     private static void applyChannelProperties(ChannelNode ch, BaseEvent e) {
         if (has(e, "channel_name")) ch.name = e.get("channel_name");
         // An emptied topic arrives as a bare key, which has() would skip.
-        if (e.getMap().containsKey("channel_topic")) ch.topic = TeamspeakConnection.orEmpty(e.get("channel_topic"));
+        if (reported(e, "channel_topic")) ch.topic = TeamspeakConnection.orEmpty(e.get("channel_topic"));
         if (has(e, "channel_icon_id")) ch.iconId = TeamspeakConnection.safeLong(e, "channel_icon_id");
         if (has(e, "channel_flag_password")) ch.hasPassword = e.getBoolean("channel_flag_password");
         if (has(e, "channel_flag_permanent")) ch.permanent = e.getBoolean("channel_flag_permanent");
@@ -681,6 +681,11 @@ final class ConnectionEventHandler implements TS3Listener {
         return value != null && !value.isEmpty();
     }
 
+    /** Whether the event carries a field at all, even empty: for text that can be cleared. */
+    private static boolean reported(BaseEvent e, String key) {
+        return e.getMap().containsKey(key);
+    }
+
     /** Parses a comma-separated id list (e.g. server groups "6,12,15"). */
     private static int[] parseIntList(String csv) {
         if (csv == null || csv.isEmpty()) return new int[0];
diff --git a/ts3-client/core/src/test/java/com/ts3client/net/EventFieldsTest.java b/ts3-client/core/src/test/java/com/ts3client/net/EventFieldsTest.java
index f38c1d5..1439128 100644
--- a/ts3-client/core/src/test/java/com/ts3client/net/EventFieldsTest.java
+++ b/ts3-client/core/src/test/java/com/ts3client/net/EventFieldsTest.java
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 package com.ts3client.net;
 
+import com.github.manevolent.ts3j.command.MultiCommand;
 import com.github.manevolent.ts3j.event.ClientUpdatedEvent;
+import com.github.manevolent.ts3j.protocol.ProtocolRole;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 /**
  * Pins the ts3j behaviour {@code ConnectionEventHandler.has(...)} exists for: a field
@@ -22,4 +26,15 @@ class EventFieldsTest {
         assertEquals("", e.get("client_is_recording"));
         assertEquals("", e.get("client_nickname"));
     }
+
+    /** What {@code reported(...)} relies on: a cleared field still arrives, just without a value. */
+    @Test
+    void clearedFieldsAreStillInTheMap() {
+        Map<String, String> fields = MultiCommand.parse(ProtocolRole.SERVER,
+                "notifyclientupdated clid=7 client_flag_avatar client_description=").simplifyOne().toMap();
+        ClientUpdatedEvent e = new ClientUpdatedEvent(fields);
+        assertTrue(e.getMap().containsKey("client_flag_avatar"));
+        assertTrue(e.getMap().containsKey("client_description"));
+        assertFalse(e.getMap().containsKey("client_away_message"));
+    }
 }