diff --git a/wp-includes/class.wp-dependencies.php b/wp-includes/class.wp-dependencies.php
index adc0157490..b59b6bc2db 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class.wp-dependencies.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class.wp-dependencies.php
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class _WP_Dependency {
 
 	function __construct() {
 		@list($this->handle, $this->src, $this->deps, $this->ver, $this->args) = func_get_args();
-		if ( is_string( $this->deps ) )
+		if ( is_string( $this->deps ) && ! empty( $this->deps ) )
 			$this->deps = array( $this->deps );
 		elseif ( !is_array( $this->deps ) )
 			$this->deps = array();