diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/etc/adminhtml/system.xml b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/etc/adminhtml/system.xml
index 9c99a72c12d1c..6a432c1809ba5 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/etc/adminhtml/system.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/etc/adminhtml/system.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
                 <field id="grid_per_page_values" translate="label comment" type="text" sortOrder="2" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1" canRestore="1">
                     <label>Products per Page on Grid Allowed Values</label>
                     <comment>Comma-separated.</comment>
-                    <validate>validate-per-page-value-list</validate>
+                    <validate>validate-per-page-value-list required-entry</validate>
                 </field>
                 <field id="grid_per_page" translate="label comment" type="text" sortOrder="3" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1" canRestore="1">
                     <label>Products per Page on Grid Default Value</label>
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
                 <field id="list_per_page_values" translate="label comment" type="text" sortOrder="4" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1" canRestore="1">
                     <label>Products per Page on List Allowed Values</label>
                     <comment>Comma-separated.</comment>
-                    <validate>validate-per-page-value-list</validate>
+                    <validate>validate-per-page-value-list required-entry</validate>
                 </field>
                 <field id="list_per_page" translate="label comment" type="text" sortOrder="5" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1" canRestore="1">
                     <label>Products per Page on List Default Value</label>
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Ui/view/base/web/js/lib/validation/rules.js b/app/code/Magento/Ui/view/base/web/js/lib/validation/rules.js
index cbfc0dae90dda..831f11976fb2f 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Ui/view/base/web/js/lib/validation/rules.js
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Ui/view/base/web/js/lib/validation/rules.js
@@ -919,12 +919,12 @@ define([
         ],
         'validate-per-page-value-list': [
             function (value) {
-                var isValid = utils.isEmpty(value),
+                var isValid = true,
                     values = value.split(','),
                     i;
 
-                if (isValid) {
-                    return true;
+                if (utils.isEmpty(value)) {
+                    return isValid;
                 }
 
                 for (i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
diff --git a/lib/web/mage/validation.js b/lib/web/mage/validation.js
index a742b8e6bbb27..cd3d3bea4eabf 100644
--- a/lib/web/mage/validation.js
+++ b/lib/web/mage/validation.js
@@ -1425,10 +1425,14 @@
         ],
         'validate-per-page-value-list': [
             function (v) {
-                var isValid = !$.mage.isEmpty(v),
+                var isValid = true,
                     values = v.split(','),
                     i;
 
+                if ($.mage.isEmpty(v)) {
+                    return isValid;
+                }
+
                 for (i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
                     if (!/^[0-9]+$/.test(values[i])) {
                         isValid = false;