diff --git a/crates/project/src/search.rs b/crates/project/src/search.rs
index bfbc537b27..4b872aa555 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 b9b7d95218..5729740958 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
     }