diff --git a/AK/DeprecatedString.cpp b/AK/DeprecatedString.cpp
index 74184daa49..408243d430 100644
--- a/AK/DeprecatedString.cpp
+++ b/AK/DeprecatedString.cpp
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ DeprecatedString escape_html_entities(StringView html)
 }
 
 DeprecatedString::DeprecatedString(DeprecatedFlyString const& string)
-    : m_impl(*string.impl())
+    : m_impl(*(string.impl() ?: &StringImpl::the_empty_stringimpl()))
 {
 }