diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eba461a59b..a4ddf3b84d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - [#7044](https://github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/issues/7044) *CDN in a Box* [CDN in a Box, the t3c integration tests, and the tc health client integration tests now use Apache Traffic Server 9.1.
 
 ### Fixed
+- [#7340](https://github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/pull/7340) *Traffic Router* Fixed TR logging for the `cqhv` field when absent.
 - [#5557](https://github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/issues/5557) *Traffic Portal* Moved `Fair Queueing Pacing Rate Bps` DS field to `Cache Configuration Settings` section.
 - [#7252](https://github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/issues/7252) *Traffic Router* Fixed integer overflow for `czCount`, by resetting the count to max value when it overflows.
 - [#7221](https://github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/issues/7221) *Docs* Fixed request structure spec in cdn locks description in APIv4.
diff --git a/traffic_router/core/src/main/java/org/apache/traffic_control/traffic_router/core/http/HTTPAccessEventBuilder.java b/traffic_router/core/src/main/java/org/apache/traffic_control/traffic_router/core/http/HTTPAccessEventBuilder.java
index cb2f81fad0..c3f7e7963a 100644
--- a/traffic_router/core/src/main/java/org/apache/traffic_control/traffic_router/core/http/HTTPAccessEventBuilder.java
+++ b/traffic_router/core/src/main/java/org/apache/traffic_control/traffic_router/core/http/HTTPAccessEventBuilder.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ private static String formatRequest(final HttpServletRequest request) {
     }
 
     private static String formatObject(final Object o) {
-        return (o == null) ? "-" : o.toString();
+        return (o == null || o.toString().equals("")) ? "-" : o.toString();
     }
 
     private static String formatRequestHeaders(final Map<String, String> requestHeaders) {
diff --git a/traffic_router/core/src/test/java/org/apache/traffic_control/traffic_router/core/http/HTTPAccessEventBuilderTest.java b/traffic_router/core/src/test/java/org/apache/traffic_control/traffic_router/core/http/HTTPAccessEventBuilderTest.java
index d999eeaff1..adc0ff957c 100644
--- a/traffic_router/core/src/test/java/org/apache/traffic_control/traffic_router/core/http/HTTPAccessEventBuilderTest.java
+++ b/traffic_router/core/src/test/java/org/apache/traffic_control/traffic_router/core/http/HTTPAccessEventBuilderTest.java
@@ -79,10 +79,21 @@ public void itGeneratesAccessEvents() throws Exception {
         HTTPAccessRecord httpAccessRecord = builder.build();
 
         String httpAccessEvent = HTTPAccessEventBuilder.create(httpAccessRecord);
-
         assertThat(httpAccessEvent, equalTo("144140678.000 qtype=HTTP chi=192.168.7.6 rhi=- url=\"http://example.com/index.html?foo=bar\" cqhm=GET cqhv=HTTP/1.1 rtype=- rloc=\"-\" rdtl=- rerr=\"-\" rgb=\"-\" rurl=\"-\" rurls=\"-\" uas=\"null\" svc=\"-\" rh=\"-\""));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void itGeneratesAccessEventsWithCorrectCqhvDefaultValues() throws Exception {
+        HTTPAccessRecord.Builder builder = new HTTPAccessRecord.Builder(new Date(144140678000L), request);
+        HTTPAccessRecord httpAccessRecord = builder.build();
+        when(request.getProtocol()).thenReturn(null);
+        String httpAccessEvent = HTTPAccessEventBuilder.create(httpAccessRecord);
+        assertThat(httpAccessEvent, equalTo("144140678.000 qtype=HTTP chi=192.168.7.6 rhi=- url=\"http://example.com/index.html?foo=bar\" cqhm=GET cqhv=- rtype=- rloc=\"-\" rdtl=- rerr=\"-\" rgb=\"-\" rurl=\"-\" rurls=\"-\" uas=\"null\" svc=\"-\" rh=\"-\""));
+        when(request.getProtocol()).thenReturn("");
+        httpAccessEvent = HTTPAccessEventBuilder.create(httpAccessRecord);
+        assertThat(httpAccessEvent, equalTo("144140678.000 qtype=HTTP chi=192.168.7.6 rhi=- url=\"http://example.com/index.html?foo=bar\" cqhm=GET cqhv=- rtype=- rloc=\"-\" rdtl=- rerr=\"-\" rgb=\"-\" rurl=\"-\" rurls=\"-\" uas=\"null\" svc=\"-\" rh=\"-\""));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void itAddsResponseData() throws Exception {
         Answer<Long> nanoTimeAnswer = new Answer<Long>() {