diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
index 941dd5c45..3caf9e168 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
@@ -6717,8 +6717,7 @@ public class StringUtils {
         // index of replace array that will replace the search string found
         // NOTE: logic duplicated below START
         for (int i = 0; i < searchLength; i++) {
-            if (noMoreMatchesForReplIndex[i] || searchList[i] == null ||
-                    searchList[i].isEmpty() || replacementList[i] == null) {
+            if (noMoreMatchesForReplIndex[i] || isEmpty(searchList[i]) || replacementList[i] == null) {
                 continue;
             }
             tempIndex = text.indexOf(searchList[i]);