diff --git a/src/pages/api-keys/components/add-apikey-modal/allow-models.tsx b/src/pages/api-keys/components/add-apikey-modal/allow-models.tsx
index 3a39d892..eeb42b2d 100644
--- a/src/pages/api-keys/components/add-apikey-modal/allow-models.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/api-keys/components/add-apikey-modal/allow-models.tsx
@@ -136,9 +136,11 @@ const AllowModelsForm: React.FC<{
                   id: 'apikeys.models.noModelsFound'
                 })}
                 onChange={(selectedKeys) => {
-                  form.setFieldsValue({ allowed_model_names: selectedKeys });
+                  form.setFieldsValue({
+                    allowed_model_names: selectedKeys || []
+                  });
                   onValuesChange?.(
-                    { allowed_model_names: selectedKeys },
+                    { allowed_model_names: selectedKeys || [] },
                     form.getFieldsValue()
                   );
                 }}
diff --git a/src/pages/api-keys/components/add-apikey-modal/index.tsx b/src/pages/api-keys/components/add-apikey-modal/index.tsx
index 14ab4b8e..f6e178e8 100644
--- a/src/pages/api-keys/components/add-apikey-modal/index.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/api-keys/components/add-apikey-modal/index.tsx
@@ -279,7 +279,8 @@ const AddModal: React.FC<AddModalProps> = ({
           preserve={false}
           initialValues={{
             allowed_type: 'all',
-            scope: ['inference']
+            scope: ['inference'],
+            allowed_model_names: []
           }}
         >
           {!showKey && (