diff --git a/AK/JsonParser.cpp b/AK/JsonParser.cpp
index 983d99fbd94..41b3c7a2b1e 100644
--- a/AK/JsonParser.cpp
+++ b/AK/JsonParser.cpp
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ String JsonParser::consume_quoted_string()
     consume_specific('"');
 
     if (buffer.is_empty())
-        return {};
+        return String::empty();
 
     auto& last_string_starting_with_character = m_last_string_starting_with_character[(int)buffer.first()];
     if (last_string_starting_with_character.length() == buffer.size()) {
diff --git a/AK/Tests/TestJSON.cpp b/AK/Tests/TestJSON.cpp
index 4d90e8a8bb5..3f4279ca306 100644
--- a/AK/Tests/TestJSON.cpp
+++ b/AK/Tests/TestJSON.cpp
@@ -66,4 +66,12 @@ BENCHMARK_CASE(load_4chan_catalog)
     }
 }
 
+TEST_CASE(json_empty_string)
+{
+    auto json = JsonValue::from_string("\"\"");
+    EXPECT_EQ(json.type(), JsonValue::Type::String);
+    EXPECT_EQ(json.as_string().is_null(), false);
+    EXPECT_EQ(json.as_string().is_empty(), true);
+}
+
 TEST_MAIN(JSON)