diff --git a/contrib/search_api_views/includes/handler_filter_fulltext.inc b/contrib/search_api_views/includes/handler_filter_fulltext.inc
index 7c2fd1d..47a9cb3 100644
--- a/contrib/search_api_views/includes/handler_filter_fulltext.inc
+++ b/contrib/search_api_views/includes/handler_filter_fulltext.inc
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ class SearchApiViewsHandlerFilterFulltext extends SearchApiViewsHandlerFilterTex
     while (is_array($this->value)) {
       $this->value = $this->value ? array_shift($this->value) : NULL;
     }
+    if($this->value === "") {
+      return;
+    }
     $fields = $this->options['fields'];
     $fields = $fields ? $fields : array_keys($this->getFulltextFields());