diff --git a/src/view/layout/AphrontSideNavFilterView.php b/src/view/layout/AphrontSideNavFilterView.php
index 17e2c8a868..d4e6accdc9 100644
--- a/src/view/layout/AphrontSideNavFilterView.php
+++ b/src/view/layout/AphrontSideNavFilterView.php
@@ -83,9 +83,12 @@ final class AphrontSideNavFilterView extends AphrontView {
     $uri = null) {
 
     $item = id(new PhabricatorMenuItemView())
-      ->setKey(strlen($key) ? $key : null)
       ->setName($name);
 
+    if (strlen($key)) {
+      $item->setKey($key);
+    }
+
     if ($uri) {
       $item->setHref($uri);
     } else {