diff --git a/plugins/FeedsTermProcessor.inc b/plugins/FeedsTermProcessor.inc
index 20528be46ce708198602320423e37d9f43b75c79..4a90fcda6999693278d8d1a3cb538d698a10cef1 100644
--- a/plugins/FeedsTermProcessor.inc
+++ b/plugins/FeedsTermProcessor.inc
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class FeedsTermProcessor extends FeedsProcessor {
    * Validates a term.
    */
   protected function entityValidate($term) {
-    if (!isset($term->name)) {
+    if (empty($term->name)) {
       throw new FeedsValidationException(t('Term name missing.'));
     }
   }