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diff --git a/lily/stencil-integral.cc b/lily/stencil-integral.cc
index 1b9aa5181b..2a61da2388 100644
--- a/lily/stencil-integral.cc
+++ b/lily/stencil-integral.cc
@@ -894,9 +894,8 @@ stencil_dispatcher (vector<Box> &boxes,
 vector<Transform_matrix_and_expression>
 stencil_traverser (PangoMatrix trans, SCM expr)
 {
-  if (scm_is_null (expr))
-    return vector<Transform_matrix_and_expression> ();
-  else if (scm_is_eq (expr, ly_string2scm ("")))
+  if (scm_is_null (expr)
+      || (scm_is_string (expr) && scm_is_true (scm_string_null_p (expr))))
     return vector<Transform_matrix_and_expression> ();
   else if (scm_is_eq (scm_car (expr), ly_symbol2scm ("combine-stencil")))
     {