diff --git a/tdecore/tdehw/tdehardwaredevices.cpp b/tdecore/tdehw/tdehardwaredevices.cpp
index 1d8a4280b..08cb1c80b 100644
--- a/tdecore/tdehw/tdehardwaredevices.cpp
+++ b/tdecore/tdehw/tdehardwaredevices.cpp
@@ -2760,7 +2760,7 @@ void TDEHardwareDevices::updateExistingDeviceInformation(TDEGenericDevice* exist
 				diskstatus = diskstatus | TDEDiskDeviceStatus::Hotpluggable;
 			}
 
-			if ((filesystemtype.upper() != "CRYPTO_LUKS") && (filesystemtype.upper() != "CRYPTO") && (filesystemtype.upper() != "SWAP") && (!filesystemtype.isNull())) {
+			if ((filesystemtype.upper() != "CRYPTO_LUKS") && (filesystemtype.upper() != "CRYPTO") && (filesystemtype.upper() != "SWAP") && (!filesystemtype.isEmpty())) {
 				diskstatus = diskstatus | TDEDiskDeviceStatus::ContainsFilesystem;
 			}
 			else {