diff --git a/src/server/shared/DataStores/DBCDatabaseLoader.cpp b/src/server/shared/DataStores/DBCDatabaseLoader.cpp
index 6dae29ad42..18eb09ffd4 100644
--- a/src/server/shared/DataStores/DBCDatabaseLoader.cpp
+++ b/src/server/shared/DataStores/DBCDatabaseLoader.cpp
@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ char* DBCDatabaseLoader::Load(uint32& records, char**& indexTable)
     {
         Field* fields = result->Fetch();
         uint32 indexValue = fields[_sqlIndexPos].Get<uint32>();
-        char* dataValue = indexTable[indexValue];
+        char* oldDataValue = indexTable[indexValue];
 
         // If exist in DBC file override from DB
         newIndexes[newRecords] = indexValue;
-        dataValue = &dataTable[newRecords++ * _recordSize];
+        char* dataValue = &dataTable[newRecords++ * _recordSize];
 
         uint32 dataOffset = 0;
         uint32 sqlColumnNumber = 0;
@@ -102,7 +102,12 @@ char* DBCDatabaseLoader::Load(uint32& records, char**& indexTable)
                     dataOffset += sizeof(uint8);
                     break;
                 case FT_STRING:
-                    *reinterpret_cast<char**>(&dataValue[dataOffset]) = CloneStringToPool(fields[sqlColumnNumber].Get<std::string>());
+                    // an empty column means "not overridden", not "blank it"
+                    if (fields[sqlColumnNumber].Get<std::string>().empty() && oldDataValue)
+                        *reinterpret_cast<char**>(&dataValue[dataOffset]) = *reinterpret_cast<char**>(&oldDataValue[dataOffset]);
+                    else
+                        *reinterpret_cast<char**>(&dataValue[dataOffset]) = CloneStringToPool(fields[sqlColumnNumber].Get<std::string>());
+
                     dataOffset += sizeof(char*);
                     break;
                 case FT_SORT: