diff --git a/engine/storage_redis.go b/engine/storage_redis.go
index 2cddfa257..28f836ea4 100644
--- a/engine/storage_redis.go
+++ b/engine/storage_redis.go
@@ -620,6 +620,18 @@ func (rs *RedisStorage) GetAccount(key string) (ub *Account, err error) {
 }
 
 func (rs *RedisStorage) SetAccount(ub *Account) (err error) {
+	// never override existing account with an empty one
+	// UPDATE: if all balances expired and were cleaned it makes
+	// sense to write empty balance map
+	if len(ub.BalanceMap) == 0 {
+		if ac, err := rs.GetAccount(ub.Id); err == nil && !ac.allBalancesExpired() {
+			ac.ActionTriggers = ub.ActionTriggers
+			ac.UnitCounters = ub.UnitCounters
+			ac.AllowNegative = ub.AllowNegative
+			ac.Disabled = ub.Disabled
+			ub = ac
+		}
+	}
 	result, err := rs.ms.Marshal(ub)
 	err = rs.db.Cmd("SET", utils.ACCOUNT_PREFIX+ub.Id, result).Err
 	return