diff --git a/conditional_fields.api.inc b/conditional_fields.api.inc
index c726dbb..145c728 100644
--- a/conditional_fields.api.inc
+++ b/conditional_fields.api.inc
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ function conditional_fields_evaluate_dependency($context, $values, $options) {
       // If $dependency_values is not an array, we can only assume that it
       // should map to the first key of the first value of $values.
       if (!is_array($dependency_values)) {
-        if (is_null(current($values))) {
+        if (is_null(current($values)) || empty($options['value'][0])) {
           return FALSE;
         }
         $key = current(array_keys((array) current($values)));