diff --git a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/cookie/RFC6265CookieSpec.java b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/cookie/RFC6265CookieSpec.java
index 08b0317ce..3af14c34c 100644
--- a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/cookie/RFC6265CookieSpec.java
+++ b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/cookie/RFC6265CookieSpec.java
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public final List<Cookie> parse(final Header header, final CookieOrigin origin)
             cursor = new ParserCursor(0, buffer.length());
         }
         final String name = tokenParser.parseToken(buffer, cursor, TOKEN_DELIMS);
-        if (name.length() == 0) {
+        if (name.isEmpty()) {
             return Collections.emptyList();
         }
         if (cursor.atEnd()) {