diff --git a/AK/Utf16View.cpp b/AK/Utf16View.cpp
index ea2234b9ff9..1503b9e50ae 100644
--- a/AK/Utf16View.cpp
+++ b/AK/Utf16View.cpp
@@ -344,8 +344,6 @@ size_t Utf16View::calculate_length_in_code_points() const
 
 bool Utf16View::equals_ignoring_case(Utf16View const& other) const
 {
-    if (length_in_code_units() == 0)
-        return other.length_in_code_units() == 0;
     if (length_in_code_units() != other.length_in_code_units())
         return false;
 
diff --git a/Tests/AK/TestUtf16.cpp b/Tests/AK/TestUtf16.cpp
index 6f2fc98db26..585dff22061 100644
--- a/Tests/AK/TestUtf16.cpp
+++ b/Tests/AK/TestUtf16.cpp
@@ -307,6 +307,21 @@ TEST_CASE(decode_invalid_utf16)
     }
 }
 
+TEST_CASE(equals_ignoring_case)
+{
+    auto string1 = MUST(AK::utf8_to_utf16("foobar"sv));
+    auto string2 = MUST(AK::utf8_to_utf16("FooBar"sv));
+    EXPECT(Utf16View { string1 }.equals_ignoring_case(Utf16View { string2 }));
+
+    string1 = MUST(AK::utf8_to_utf16(""sv));
+    string2 = MUST(AK::utf8_to_utf16(""sv));
+    EXPECT(Utf16View { string1 }.equals_ignoring_case(Utf16View { string2 }));
+
+    string1 = MUST(AK::utf8_to_utf16(""sv));
+    string2 = MUST(AK::utf8_to_utf16("FooBar"sv));
+    EXPECT(!Utf16View { string1 }.equals_ignoring_case(Utf16View { string2 }));
+}
+
 TEST_CASE(substring_view)
 {
     auto string = MUST(AK::utf8_to_utf16("Привет 😀"sv));