diff --git a/api/errors.go b/api/errors.go
index 96eeffb7..c20ee464 100644
--- a/api/errors.go
+++ b/api/errors.go
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ var ErrMetadataNotAvailable = errors.New("meta data not available")
 // ErrDataNotAvailable indicates that no data set is yet available
 var ErrDataNotAvailable = errors.New("data not available")
 
+// ErrDataInvalid indicates that the currently available data is not valid and should be ignored
+var ErrDataInvalid = errors.New("data not valid")
+
 // ErrDataForMetadataKeyNotFound indicates that no data item is found for the given key
 var ErrDataForMetadataKeyNotFound = errors.New("data for key not found")
 
diff --git a/usecases/internal/measurement.go b/usecases/internal/measurement.go
index 21b73484..09c72231 100644
--- a/usecases/internal/measurement.go
+++ b/usecases/internal/measurement.go
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ func MeasurementPhaseSpecificDataForFilter(
 			}
 		}
 
+		// if the value state is set and not normal, the value is not valid and should be ignored
+		// therefore we return an error
+		if item.ValueState != nil && *item.ValueState != model.MeasurementValueStateTypeNormal {
+			return nil, api.ErrDataInvalid
+		}
+
 		value := item.Value.GetValue()
 
 		result = append(result, value)
diff --git a/usecases/internal/measurement_test.go b/usecases/internal/measurement_test.go
index d33190d2..05410387 100644
--- a/usecases/internal/measurement_test.go
+++ b/usecases/internal/measurement_test.go
@@ -161,4 +161,38 @@ func (s *InternalSuite) Test_MeasurementPhaseSpecificDataForFilter() {
 	)
 	assert.Nil(s.T(), err)
 	assert.Equal(s.T(), []float64{10, 10, 10}, data)
+
+	measData = &model.MeasurementListDataType{
+		MeasurementData: []model.MeasurementDataType{
+			{
+				MeasurementId: util.Ptr(model.MeasurementIdType(10)),
+			},
+			{
+				MeasurementId: util.Ptr(model.MeasurementIdType(0)),
+				Value:         model.NewScaledNumberType(10),
+				ValueState:    util.Ptr(model.MeasurementValueStateTypeError),
+			},
+			{
+				MeasurementId: util.Ptr(model.MeasurementIdType(1)),
+				Value:         model.NewScaledNumberType(10),
+			},
+			{
+				MeasurementId: util.Ptr(model.MeasurementIdType(2)),
+				Value:         model.NewScaledNumberType(10),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	_, fErr = rFeature.UpdateData(true, model.FunctionTypeMeasurementListData, measData, nil, nil)
+	assert.Nil(s.T(), fErr)
+
+	data, err = MeasurementPhaseSpecificDataForFilter(
+		s.localEntity,
+		s.monitoredEntity,
+		filter,
+		energyDirection,
+		ucapi.PhaseNameMapping,
+	)
+	assert.NotNil(s.T(), err)
+	assert.Nil(s.T(), data)
 }