diff --git a/js/ui/popupMenu.js b/js/ui/popupMenu.js
index 42dd6f7e9..78f25db68 100644
--- a/js/ui/popupMenu.js
+++ b/js/ui/popupMenu.js
@@ -722,6 +722,8 @@ const PopupMenuBase = new Lang.Class({
 
     isEmpty: function() {
         let hasVisibleChildren = this.box.get_children().some(function(child) {
+            if (child._delegate instanceof PopupSeparatorMenuItem)
+                return false;
             return child.visible;
         });