diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/Emoticons.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/Emoticons.java
index 6d1f6e0be82686423865c127f48206d71c132477..84ff002ea74d50d22ce099c17e1d18ec84a19a94 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/Emoticons.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/Emoticons.java
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ public class Emoticons {
     }
 
     public static boolean isOnlyEmoji(String input) {
+        if (input.trim().length() == 0) return false; // Vaccuously true but not useful
+
         return EmojiManager.removeAllEmojis(input).replaceAll("\uFE0F", "").trim().length() == 0;
     }
 }