diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp
index 213627dade2b6e5749d4b45315ee4e08672a87f8..65e571ac400a9258a4fc05d1ad959285d074c78f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ static void applyChanges(QTextDocument *doc, const QString &text, const QList<Fi
 QStringList BaseFileFind::replaceAll(const QString &text,
                                const QList<Find::SearchResultItem> &items)
 {
-    if (text.isEmpty() || items.isEmpty())
+    if (items.isEmpty())
         return QStringList();
 
     QHash<QString, QList<Find::SearchResultItem> > changes;