diff --git a/src/usr/local/www/pkg_edit.php b/src/usr/local/www/pkg_edit.php
index 301d31158f..19cdb1ffd9 100644
--- a/src/usr/local/www/pkg_edit.php
+++ b/src/usr/local/www/pkg_edit.php
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ if ($config['installedpackages'] && !is_array($config['installedpackages'][xml_s
 // If the first entry in the array is an empty <config/> tag, kill it.
 if ($config['installedpackages'] &&
     (count($config['installedpackages'][xml_safe_fieldname($pkg['name'])]['config']) > 0) &&
-    ($config['installedpackages'][xml_safe_fieldname($pkg['name'])]['config'][0] == "")) {
+    (count($config['installedpackages'][xml_safe_fieldname($pkg['name'])]['config'][0]) == 0)) {
 	array_shift($config['installedpackages'][xml_safe_fieldname($pkg['name'])]['config']);
 }