diff --git a/src/core/hle/applets/swkbd.cpp b/src/core/hle/applets/swkbd.cpp
index 7481a168c5..ec3f63339d 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/applets/swkbd.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/applets/swkbd.cpp
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ Frontend::KeyboardConfig SoftwareKeyboard::ToFrontendConfig(
                      });
     if (frontend_config.has_custom_button_text) {
         for (const auto& text : config.button_text) {
-            frontend_config.button_text.push_back(Common::UTF16BufferToUTF8(text));
+            if (text.front() != 0)
+                frontend_config.button_text.push_back(Common::UTF16BufferToUTF8(text));
         }
     }
     frontend_config.filters.prevent_digit =