diff --git a/src/components/tokenizing-text-field.cjsx b/src/components/tokenizing-text-field.cjsx
index 0312daedb..61f0b3ddf 100644
--- a/src/components/tokenizing-text-field.cjsx
+++ b/src/components/tokenizing-text-field.cjsx
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ class TokenizingTextField extends React.Component
   _addInputValue: (input, options={}) =>
     return if @_atMaxTokens()
     input ?= @state.inputValue
+    return if input.length is 0
     @props.onAdd(input, options)
     @_clearInput()