diff --git a/main/app.c b/main/app.c
index fd3de0d9bb..d59f1d1cc5 100644
--- a/main/app.c
+++ b/main/app.c
@@ -1408,11 +1408,7 @@ int ast_app_parse_options(const struct ast_app_option *options, struct ast_flags
 				break;
 			}
 		} else if (argloc) {
-			args[argloc - 1] = NULL;
-		}
-		if (argloc && ast_strlen_zero(args[argloc - 1])) {
-			ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Argument supplied for option '%c' was empty, option ignored.\n", curarg);
-			continue;
+			args[argloc - 1] = "";
 		}
 		ast_set_flag(flags, options[curarg].flag);
 	}