diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/translator/level/block/entity/BlockEntityTranslator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/translator/level/block/entity/BlockEntityTranslator.java
index 7566e0d9048..053e2c8f3a2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/translator/level/block/entity/BlockEntityTranslator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/translator/level/block/entity/BlockEntityTranslator.java
@@ -43,12 +43,16 @@ protected BlockEntityTranslator() {
     public abstract void translateTag(NbtMapBuilder builder, CompoundTag tag, int blockState);
 
     public NbtMap getBlockEntityTag(GeyserSession session, BlockEntityType type, int x, int y, int z, CompoundTag tag, int blockState) {
-        NbtMapBuilder tagBuilder = getConstantBedrockTag(BlockEntityUtils.getBedrockBlockEntityId(type), x, y, z);
+        NbtMapBuilder tagBuilder = getConstantBedrockTag(type, x, y, z);
         translateTag(tagBuilder, tag, blockState);
         return tagBuilder.build();
     }
 
-    protected NbtMapBuilder getConstantBedrockTag(String bedrockId, int x, int y, int z) {
+    public static NbtMapBuilder getConstantBedrockTag(BlockEntityType type, int x, int y, int z) {
+        return getConstantBedrockTag(BlockEntityUtils.getBedrockBlockEntityId(type), x, y, z);
+    }
+
+    public static NbtMapBuilder getConstantBedrockTag(String bedrockId, int x, int y, int z) {
         return NbtMap.builder()
                 .putInt("x", x)
                 .putInt("y", y)
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/translator/protocol/java/level/JavaLevelChunkWithLightTranslator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/translator/protocol/java/level/JavaLevelChunkWithLightTranslator.java
index fc1d0316c0f..1e653413005 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/translator/protocol/java/level/JavaLevelChunkWithLightTranslator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/translator/protocol/java/level/JavaLevelChunkWithLightTranslator.java
@@ -393,10 +393,9 @@ public void translate(GeyserSession session, ClientboundLevelChunkWithLightPacke
             for (BlockEntityInfo blockEntity : blockEntities) {
                 BlockEntityType type = blockEntity.getType();
                 CompoundTag tag = blockEntity.getNbt();
-                if (type == null || tag == null) {
+                if (type == null) {
                     // As an example: ViaVersion will send -1 if it cannot find the block entity type
                     // Vanilla Minecraft gracefully handles this
-                    // Since 1.20.5: tags sent here can be null, at which point the block entity is not translated
                     continue;
                 }
                 int x = blockEntity.getX(); // Relative to chunk
@@ -421,8 +420,13 @@ public void translate(GeyserSession session, ClientboundLevelChunkWithLightPacke
                     continue;
                 }
 
-                BlockEntityTranslator blockEntityTranslator = BlockEntityUtils.getBlockEntityTranslator(type);
-                bedrockBlockEntities.add(blockEntityTranslator.getBlockEntityTag(session, type, x + chunkBlockX, y, z + chunkBlockZ, tag, blockState));
+                if (tag != null) {
+                    BlockEntityTranslator blockEntityTranslator = BlockEntityUtils.getBlockEntityTranslator(type);
+                    bedrockBlockEntities.add(blockEntityTranslator.getBlockEntityTag(session, type, x + chunkBlockX, y, z + chunkBlockZ, tag, blockState));
+                } else {
+                    // Since 1.20.5, tags can be null, but Bedrock still needs a default tag to render the item
+                    bedrockBlockEntities.add(BlockEntityTranslator.getConstantBedrockTag(type, x + chunkBlockX, y, z + chunkBlockZ).build());
+                }
 
                 // Check for custom skulls
                 // TODO: The tag layout follows new format (profille, etc...)