diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/htmldoc.c b/dlls/mshtml/htmldoc.c
index 2d89b45704..e9b9dc9ad0 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/htmldoc.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/htmldoc.c
@@ -1669,7 +1669,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI HTMLDocument_createStyleSheet(IHTMLDocument2 *iface, BSTR
     if(lIndex != -1)
         FIXME("Unsupported lIndex %d\n", lIndex);
 
-    if(bstrHref) {
+    if(bstrHref && *bstrHref) {
         FIXME("semi-stub for href %s\n", debugstr_w(bstrHref));
         *ppnewStyleSheet = HTMLStyleSheet_Create(NULL);
         return S_OK;