diff --git a/include/internal/cef_string_wrappers.h b/include/internal/cef_string_wrappers.h
index e6b29ebb4..c0507c1cc 100644
--- a/include/internal/cef_string_wrappers.h
+++ b/include/internal/cef_string_wrappers.h
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ class CefStringBase {
   // Clear the string data.
   ///
   void clear() {
-    if (!empty())
+    if (string_)
       traits::clear(string_);
   }
 
diff --git a/libcef/v8_impl.cc b/libcef/v8_impl.cc
index 3720d8889..e7dc8b3e6 100644
--- a/libcef/v8_impl.cc
+++ b/libcef/v8_impl.cc
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ void GetCefString(v8::Handle<v8::String> str, CefString& out) {
 #if defined(CEF_STRING_TYPE_WIDE)
   // Allocate enough space for a worst-case conversion.
   int len = str->Utf8Length();
+  if (len == 0)
+    return;
   char* buf = new char[len + 1];
   str->WriteUtf8(buf, len + 1);
 
@@ -151,11 +153,15 @@ void GetCefString(v8::Handle<v8::String> str, CefString& out) {
 #else  // !defined(CEF_STRING_TYPE_WIDE)
 #if defined(CEF_STRING_TYPE_UTF16)
   int len = str->Length();
+  if (len == 0)
+    return;
   char16* buf = new char16[len + 1];
   str->Write(reinterpret_cast<uint16_t*>(buf), 0, len + 1);
 #else
   // Allocate enough space for a worst-case conversion.
   int len = str->Utf8Length();
+  if (len == 0)
+    return;
   char* buf = new char[len + 1];
   str->WriteUtf8(buf, len + 1);
 #endif