diff --git a/administrator/components/com_cache/src/View/Cache/HtmlView.php b/administrator/components/com_cache/src/View/Cache/HtmlView.php
index db6e185c315eb..656cf5d6e7ba3 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_cache/src/View/Cache/HtmlView.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_cache/src/View/Cache/HtmlView.php
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public function display($tpl = null): void
             throw new GenericDataException(implode("\n", $errors), 500);
         }
 
-        if (!\count($this->data) && $this->state->get('filter.search') === '') {
+        if (!\count($this->data) && ($this->state->get('filter.search') === null || $this->state->get('filter.search') === '')) {
             $this->setLayout('emptystate');
         }