diff --git a/src/node_url.cc b/src/node_url.cc
index 85147ccd1c0d59..60300d08730128 100644
--- a/src/node_url.cc
+++ b/src/node_url.cc
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ void BindingData::DomainToUnicode(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   CHECK(args[0]->IsString());
 
   std::string input = Utf8Value(env->isolate(), args[0]).ToString();
+  if (input.empty()) {
+    return args.GetReturnValue().Set(
+        String::NewFromUtf8(env->isolate(), "").ToLocalChecked());
+  }
+
   // It is important to have an initial value that contains a special scheme.
   // Since it will change the implementation of `set_hostname` according to URL
   // spec.