diff --git a/packages/app-accounts/src/Creator.tsx b/packages/app-accounts/src/Creator.tsx
index 2f7bfc59ae..b5181d2368 100644
--- a/packages/app-accounts/src/Creator.tsx
+++ b/packages/app-accounts/src/Creator.tsx
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function isHexSeed (seed: string): boolean {
 }
 
 function rawValidate (seed: string): boolean {
-  return seed.length <= 32 || isHexSeed(seed);
+  return ((seed.length > 0) && (seed.length <= 32)) || isHexSeed(seed);
 }
 
 function addressFromSeed (phrase: string, derivePath: string, pairType: KeypairType): string {