diff --git a/prdoc/pr_6506.prdoc b/prdoc/pr_6506.prdoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7c6164a9959acb702b6b7d8851fb620dd69df7e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prdoc/pr_6506.prdoc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+title: Zero refund check for FungibleAdapter
+doc:
+- audience: Runtime User
+  description: |-
+    `FungibleAdapter` will now check if the _refund amount_ is zero before calling deposit & emitting an event.
+
+    Fixes https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/issues/6469.
+crates:
+- name: pallet-transaction-payment
+  bump: patch
diff --git a/substrate/frame/transaction-payment/src/payment.rs b/substrate/frame/transaction-payment/src/payment.rs
index 0fe616782903c822eb1f1af19323af75f442adb2..107a995761f43d464f9d88b6b34fe92485942778 100644
--- a/substrate/frame/transaction-payment/src/payment.rs
+++ b/substrate/frame/transaction-payment/src/payment.rs
@@ -121,14 +121,15 @@ where
 		if let Some(paid) = already_withdrawn {
 			// Calculate how much refund we should return
 			let refund_amount = paid.peek().saturating_sub(corrected_fee);
-			// refund to the the account that paid the fees if it exists. otherwise, don't refind
-			// anything.
-			let refund_imbalance = if F::total_balance(who) > F::Balance::zero() {
-				F::deposit(who, refund_amount, Precision::BestEffort)
-					.unwrap_or_else(|_| Debt::<T::AccountId, F>::zero())
-			} else {
-				Debt::<T::AccountId, F>::zero()
-			};
+			// Refund to the the account that paid the fees if it exists & refund is non-zero.
+			// Otherwise, don't refund anything.
+			let refund_imbalance =
+				if refund_amount > Zero::zero() && F::total_balance(who) > F::Balance::zero() {
+					F::deposit(who, refund_amount, Precision::BestEffort)
+						.unwrap_or_else(|_| Debt::<T::AccountId, F>::zero())
+				} else {
+					Debt::<T::AccountId, F>::zero()
+				};
 			// merge the imbalance caused by paying the fees and refunding parts of it again.
 			let adjusted_paid: Credit<T::AccountId, F> = paid
 				.offset(refund_imbalance)
diff --git a/substrate/frame/transaction-payment/src/tests.rs b/substrate/frame/transaction-payment/src/tests.rs
index bc0efd2d64a3b27f5e280a0318f1e5822d583e47..679cfd67e6b41f1209ccafb7d657801372a7e006 100644
--- a/substrate/frame/transaction-payment/src/tests.rs
+++ b/substrate/frame/transaction-payment/src/tests.rs
@@ -841,3 +841,80 @@ fn genesis_default_works() {
 		assert_eq!(<NextFeeMultiplier<Runtime>>::get(), Multiplier::saturating_from_integer(1));
 	});
 }
+<<<<<<< HEAD
+=======
+
+#[test]
+fn no_fee_and_no_weight_for_other_origins() {
+	ExtBuilder::default().build().execute_with(|| {
+		let ext = Ext::from(0);
+
+		let mut info = CALL.get_dispatch_info();
+		info.extension_weight = ext.weight(CALL);
+
+		// Ensure we test the refund.
+		assert!(info.extension_weight != Weight::zero());
+
+		let len = CALL.encoded_size();
+
+		let origin = frame_system::RawOrigin::Root.into();
+		let (pre, origin) = ext.validate_and_prepare(origin, CALL, &info, len, 0).unwrap();
+
+		assert!(origin.as_system_ref().unwrap().is_root());
+
+		let pd_res = Ok(());
+		let mut post_info = frame_support::dispatch::PostDispatchInfo {
+			actual_weight: Some(info.total_weight()),
+			pays_fee: Default::default(),
+		};
+
+		<Ext as TransactionExtension<RuntimeCall>>::post_dispatch(
+			pre,
+			&info,
+			&mut post_info,
+			len,
+			&pd_res,
+		)
+		.unwrap();
+
+		assert_eq!(post_info.actual_weight, Some(info.call_weight));
+	})
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn fungible_adapter_no_zero_refund_action() {
+	type FungibleAdapterT = payment::FungibleAdapter<Balances, DealWithFees>;
+
+	ExtBuilder::default().balance_factor(10).build().execute_with(|| {
+		System::set_block_number(10);
+
+		let dummy_acc = 1;
+		let (actual_fee, no_tip) = (10, 0);
+		let already_paid = <FungibleAdapterT as OnChargeTransaction<Runtime>>::withdraw_fee(
+			&dummy_acc,
+			CALL,
+			&CALL.get_dispatch_info(),
+			actual_fee,
+			no_tip,
+		).expect("Account must have enough funds.");
+
+		// Correction action with no expected side effect.
+		assert!(<FungibleAdapterT as OnChargeTransaction<Runtime>>::correct_and_deposit_fee(
+			&dummy_acc,
+			&CALL.get_dispatch_info(),
+			&default_post_info(),
+			actual_fee,
+			no_tip,
+			already_paid,
+		).is_ok());
+
+		// Ensure no zero amount deposit event is emitted.
+		let events = System::events();
+		assert!(!events
+			.iter()
+			.any(|record| matches!(record.event, RuntimeEvent::Balances(pallet_balances::Event::Deposit { amount, .. }) if amount.is_zero())),
+    		"No zero amount deposit amount event should be emitted.",
+		);
+	});
+}
+>>>>>>> f520adb (Zero refund check for FungibleAdapter (#6506))