diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/StrTokenizer.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/StrTokenizer.java
index cb5434255..3236329a6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/StrTokenizer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/StrTokenizer.java
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ public class StrTokenizer implements ListIterator<String>, Cloneable {
      * @return the modifiable list of String tokens, unmodifiable if null array or zero count
      */
     protected List<String> tokenize(final char[] srcChars, final int offset, final int count) {
-        if (srcChars == null || count == 0) {
+        if (ArrayUtils.isEmpty(srcChars)) {
             return Collections.emptyList();
         }
         final StrBuilder buf = new StrBuilder();