diff --git a/frontend/drivers/platform_linux.c b/frontend/drivers/platform_linux.c
index db3d8e2690..0b2bdd959e 100644
--- a/frontend/drivers/platform_linux.c
+++ b/frontend/drivers/platform_linux.c
@@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@ static void frontend_linux_get_env(int *argc,
 
       RARCH_LOG("Storage permissions: %d", perms);
 
-      if (*app_dir)
+      if (!string_is_empty(app_dir))
       {
          RARCH_LOG("Application location: [%s].\n", app_dir);
          if (args && *app_dir)