diff --git a/legacy/edje/src/lib/edje_util.c b/legacy/edje/src/lib/edje_util.c
index 384856c5b6..afd9bf72a2 100644
--- a/legacy/edje/src/lib/edje_util.c
+++ b/legacy/edje/src/lib/edje_util.c
@@ -1533,6 +1533,11 @@ _edje_fetch(Evas_Object *obj)
 int
 _edje_glob_match(char *str, char *glob)
 {
+   if (glob[0] == 0)
+     {
+	if (str[0] == 0) return 1;
+	return 0;
+     }
    if (!strcmp(glob, "*")) return 1;
    if (!fnmatch(glob, str, 0)) return 1;
    return 0;