diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorModularTransactionType.php b/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorModularTransactionType.php
index 7d5e3c533e..3840bcdf9c 100644
--- a/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorModularTransactionType.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorModularTransactionType.php
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ abstract class PhabricatorModularTransactionType
       $value = $xaction->getNewValue();
     }
 
-    return !strlen($value);
+    return !phutil_nonempty_string($value);
   }
 
   /**