diff --git a/src/plugins/scripts/tcl/weechat-tcl.c b/src/plugins/scripts/tcl/weechat-tcl.c
index bff1ba594..61d08bb8c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/scripts/tcl/weechat-tcl.c
+++ b/src/plugins/scripts/tcl/weechat-tcl.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ weechat_tcl_exec (struct t_plugin_script *script,
         if (ret_type == WEECHAT_SCRIPT_EXEC_STRING)
         {
             ret_cv = Tcl_GetStringFromObj (Tcl_GetObjResult (interp), &i);
-            if (ret_cv && ret_cv[0])
+            if (ret_cv)
                 ret_val = (void *)strdup (ret_cv);
             else
                 ret_val = NULL;