diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ba63780f8..5b7b3cf9d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 - Bugfix: Fixed IRC ACTION messages (/me) not being colorized properly. (#3341)
 - Bugfix: Fixed splits losing filters when closing and reopening them (#3351)
 - Bugfix: Fixed the first usercard being broken in `/mods` and `/vips` (#3349)
+- Bugfix: Fixed Chatterino attempting to send empty messages (#3355)
 - Dev: Add GitHub action to test builds without precompiled headers enabled. (#3327)
 - Dev: Renamed CMake's build option `USE_SYSTEM_QT5KEYCHAIN` to `USE_SYSTEM_QTKEYCHAIN`. (#3103)
 - Dev: Add benchmarks that can be compiled with the `BUILD_BENCHMARKS` CMake flag. Off by default. (#3038)
diff --git a/src/providers/irc/IrcChannel2.cpp b/src/providers/irc/IrcChannel2.cpp
index 940a74410..123ae738d 100644
--- a/src/providers/irc/IrcChannel2.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/irc/IrcChannel2.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ IrcChannel::IrcChannel(const QString &name, IrcServer *server)
 void IrcChannel::sendMessage(const QString &message)
 {
     assertInGuiThread();
+    if (message.isEmpty())
+    {
+        return;
+    }
 
     if (message.startsWith("/"))
     {