diff --git a/src/applications/search/menuitem/PhabricatorProfileMenuItem.php b/src/applications/search/menuitem/PhabricatorProfileMenuItem.php
--- a/src/applications/search/menuitem/PhabricatorProfileMenuItem.php
+++ b/src/applications/search/menuitem/PhabricatorProfileMenuItem.php
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
       $result = $xaction['new'];
     }
 
-    return !strlen($result);
+    return !phutil_nonempty_string($result);
   }
 
   final protected function newError($title, $message, $xaction = null) {