diff --git a/NameFilter/scripting/NameFilter.sp b/NameFilter/scripting/NameFilter.sp
index edd7af57..23c42635 100644
--- a/NameFilter/scripting/NameFilter.sp
+++ b/NameFilter/scripting/NameFilter.sp
@@ -253,6 +253,9 @@ bool FilterName(int client, char[] sName, int Length = MAX_NAME_LENGTH)
 	int Guard;
 	for(Guard = 0; Guard < 100; Guard++)
 	{
+		if (!strlen(sName))
+			break;
+
 		int Match = MatchRegex(g_FilterExpr, sName, iError);
 		if(iError != REGEX_ERROR_NONE)
 		{