diff --git a/Modules/_localemodule.c b/Modules/_localemodule.c
index c1f56008b7c..41e6d48b1db 100644
--- a/Modules/_localemodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_localemodule.c
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ _locale_nl_langinfo_impl(PyObject *module, int item)
             result = result != NULL ? result : "";
             char *oldloc = NULL;
             if (langinfo_constants[i].category != LC_CTYPE
-                && (
+                && *result && (
 #ifdef __GLIBC__
                     // gh-133740: Always change the locale for ALT_DIGITS and ERA
 #  ifdef ALT_DIGITS