diff --git a/linphone-app/src/components/chat-room/ChatRoomProxyModel.cpp b/linphone-app/src/components/chat-room/ChatRoomProxyModel.cpp
index fd37071b3..54babde06 100644
--- a/linphone-app/src/components/chat-room/ChatRoomProxyModel.cpp
+++ b/linphone-app/src/components/chat-room/ChatRoomProxyModel.cpp
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ CREATE_PARENT_MODEL_FUNCTION(deleteChatRoom)
 
 
 void ChatRoomProxyModel::compose (const QString& text) {
-	if (mChatRoomModel)
+	if (mChatRoomModel && !text.isEmpty())
 		mChatRoomModel->compose();
 	gCachedText = text;
 }