diff --git a/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/frames/synchronizedlyricsframe.cpp b/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/frames/synchronizedlyricsframe.cpp
index 5007629d..dc1380c5 100644
--- a/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/frames/synchronizedlyricsframe.cpp
+++ b/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/frames/synchronizedlyricsframe.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/***************************************************************************
+/***************************************************************************
     copyright            : (C) 2014 by Urs Fleisch
     email                : ufleisch@users.sourceforge.net
  ***************************************************************************/
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ void SynchronizedLyricsFrame::parseFields(const ByteVector &data)
       }
     }
     String text = readStringField(data, enc, &pos);
-    if(text.isEmpty() || pos + 4 > end)
+    if(pos + 4 > end)
       return;
 
     unsigned int time = data.toUInt(pos, true);