diff --git a/js/lib/urlutil.js b/js/lib/urlutil.js
index e5ee4807127..9a097246f96 100644
--- a/js/lib/urlutil.js
+++ b/js/lib/urlutil.js
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ const UrlUtil = {
    */
   openableByContextMenu: function (url) {
     if (!url) {
-      return false
+      return true
     }
     const protocol = urlParse(url).protocol
     // file: is untrusted but handled in a separate check
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/urlutilTestComponents.js b/test/unit/lib/urlutilTestComponents.js
index 01e649ca687..3c7adcfbb1d 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/urlutilTestComponents.js
+++ b/test/unit/lib/urlutilTestComponents.js
@@ -341,6 +341,9 @@ module.exports = {
       },
       'is about:blank': (test) => {
         test.equal(urlUtil().openableByContextMenu('about:blank'), true)
+      },
+      'is empty': (test) => {
+        test.equal(urlUtil().openableByContextMenu(), true)
       }
     },
     'returns false when input:': {
@@ -349,9 +352,6 @@ module.exports = {
       },
       'is ssh:': (test) => {
         test.equal(urlUtil().openableByContextMenu('ssh://test@127.0.0.1'), false)
-      },
-      'is null': (test) => {
-        test.equal(urlUtil().openableByContextMenu(null), false)
       }
     }
   },