diff --git a/CHANGES/4437.bugfix b/CHANGES/4437.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aa86cf89c21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/4437.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fixed bug where supplying an empty list for ``pulp_href__in`` or ``pulp_id__in`` would return all
+results instead of none.
diff --git a/pulpcore/filters.py b/pulpcore/filters.py
index 46bd6e1bf99..9f263fe3cef 100644
--- a/pulpcore/filters.py
+++ b/pulpcore/filters.py
@@ -124,11 +124,19 @@ def filter(self, qs, value):
 
 
 class IdInFilter(BaseInFilter, filters.UUIDFilter):
-    pass
+    def filter(self, qs, value):
+        if value is None:
+            return qs
+        return qs.filter(pk__in=value)
 
 
 class HREFInFilter(BaseInFilter, filters.CharFilter):
-    pass
+    def filter(self, qs, value):
+        if value is None:
+            return qs
+
+        pks = [extract_pk(href) for href in value]
+        return qs.filter(pk__in=pks)
 
 
 class PulpTypeFilter(filters.ChoiceFilter):
@@ -271,7 +279,7 @@ class BaseFilterSet(filterset.FilterSet):
 
     help_text = {}
     pulp_id__in = IdInFilter(field_name="pk", lookup_expr="in")
-    pulp_href__in = HREFInFilter(field_name="pk", method="filter_pulp_href")
+    pulp_href__in = HREFInFilter(field_name="pk")
     q = ExpressionFilter()
 
     FILTER_DEFAULTS = {
@@ -307,11 +315,6 @@ class BaseFilterSet(filterset.FilterSet):
         "ne": _("not equal to"),
     }
 
-    def filter_pulp_href(self, queryset, name, value):
-        # Convert each href to a pk
-        pks = [extract_pk(href) for href in value]
-        return queryset.filter(pk__in=pks)
-
     @classmethod
     def get_filters(cls):
         filters = super().get_filters()
diff --git a/pulpcore/tests/functional/api/test_filter.py b/pulpcore/tests/functional/api/test_filter.py
index 891e77b6a44..cca95958550 100644
--- a/pulpcore/tests/functional/api/test_filter.py
+++ b/pulpcore/tests/functional/api/test_filter.py
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ def test_pulp_id_href_filter(
         redi_results = redirect_contentguard_api_client.list(**{filter: rbac_sample})
         assert redi_results.count == 0
 
+        # test out empty list
+        redi_results = redirect_contentguard_api_client.list(**{filter: []})
+        assert redi_results.count == 0
+
         # Test that filter fails when not a valid type
         with pytest.raises(ApiException) as exc:
             content_guards_api_client.list(**{filter: ["hello"]})