diff --git a/src/common/translation.cpp b/src/common/translation.cpp
index 23b57a056c..c6bb8440e0 100644
--- a/src/common/translation.cpp
+++ b/src/common/translation.cpp
@@ -1741,6 +1741,8 @@ wxArrayString wxFileTranslationsLoader::GetAvailableTranslations(const wxString&
           i != prefixes.end();
           ++i )
     {
+        if (i->length() == 0)
+            continue;
         wxDir dir;
         if ( !dir.Open(*i) )
             continue;