diff --git a/crates/project/src/search.rs b/crates/project/src/search.rs
index bfbc537b27e92821a02e401ccf05a7cd013fb2b7..4b872aa5558f82e5425f016e107f29a6e8630b00 100644
--- a/crates/project/src/search.rs
+++ b/crates/project/src/search.rs
@@ -327,6 +327,10 @@ impl SearchQuery {
         matches
     }
 
+    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        self.as_str().is_empty()
+    }
+
     pub fn as_str(&self) -> &str {
         self.as_inner().as_str()
     }
diff --git a/crates/search/src/project_search.rs b/crates/search/src/project_search.rs
index b9b7d95218806e9a4bbfa84720cb4f284bd3db12..57297409586f1d79e3974718b25e783c47b157bd 100644
--- a/crates/search/src/project_search.rs
+++ b/crates/search/src/project_search.rs
@@ -1231,6 +1231,9 @@ impl ProjectSearchView {
         if !self.panels_with_errors.is_empty() {
             return None;
         }
+        if query.as_ref().is_some_and(|query| query.is_empty()) {
+            return None;
+        }
         query
     }