diff --git a/src/invidious/views/playlists.ecr b/src/invidious/views/playlists.ecr
index 0c48be96..a77d106d 100644
--- a/src/invidious/views/playlists.ecr
+++ b/src/invidious/views/playlists.ecr
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 </div>
 
 <div class="h-box">
-    <p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><%= XML.parse_html(channel.description_html).xpath_node(%q(.//pre)).try &.content %></span></p>
+    <p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><%= XML.parse_html(channel.description_html).xpath_node(%q(.//pre)).try &.content if !channel.description_html.empty? %></span></p>
 </div>
 
 <div class="h-box">