diff --git a/src/plugins/bineditor/bineditorplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/bineditor/bineditorplugin.cpp
index 77b47bdeaac..5c7bdc5020a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/bineditor/bineditorplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/bineditor/bineditorplugin.cpp
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ public:
     bool open(QString *errorString, const QString &fileName, quint64 offset = 0) {
         QFile file(fileName);
         quint64 size = static_cast<quint64>(file.size());
-        if (size == 0) {
+        if (size == 0 && !fileName.isEmpty()) {
             QString msg = tr("The Binary Editor cannot open empty files.");
             if (errorString)
                 *errorString = msg;