diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Web.HttpUtility/src/System/Web/Util/HttpEncoder.cs b/src/libraries/System.Web.HttpUtility/src/System/Web/Util/HttpEncoder.cs
index d03236dd9909c..f1590c8080bb3 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Web.HttpUtility/src/System/Web/Util/HttpEncoder.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Web.HttpUtility/src/System/Web/Util/HttpEncoder.cs
@@ -130,15 +130,10 @@ private static int IndexOfHtmlAttributeEncodingChars(string s) =>
 
         internal static string JavaScriptStringEncode(string? value, bool addDoubleQuotes)
         {
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
-            {
-                return addDoubleQuotes ? @"""""" : string.Empty;
-            }
-
             int i = value.AsSpan().IndexOfAny(s_invalidJavaScriptChars);
             if (i < 0)
             {
-                return addDoubleQuotes ? $"\"{value}\"" : value;
+                return addDoubleQuotes ? $"\"{value}\"" : value ?? string.Empty;
             }
 
             return EncodeCore(value, i, addDoubleQuotes);