diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibMarkdown/ContainerBlock.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibMarkdown/ContainerBlock.cpp
index 7d6223c09a..026d77e9be 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibMarkdown/ContainerBlock.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibMarkdown/ContainerBlock.cpp
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ OwnPtr<ContainerBlock> ContainerBlock::parse(LineIterator& lines)
         if (lines.is_end())
             break;
 
-        if ((*lines).is_empty()) {
+        if ((*lines).is_whitespace()) {
             has_trailing_blank_lines = true;
             ++lines;