diff --git a/src/applications/paste/conduit/PasteCreateConduitAPIMethod.php b/src/applications/paste/conduit/PasteCreateConduitAPIMethod.php
index c62ecd0494..d55d184874 100644
--- a/src/applications/paste/conduit/PasteCreateConduitAPIMethod.php
+++ b/src/applications/paste/conduit/PasteCreateConduitAPIMethod.php
@@ -1,85 +1,85 @@
 <?php
 
 final class PasteCreateConduitAPIMethod extends PasteConduitAPIMethod {
 
   public function getAPIMethodName() {
     return 'paste.create';
   }
 
   public function getMethodDescription() {
     return pht('Create a new paste.');
   }
 
   public function getMethodStatus() {
     return self::METHOD_STATUS_FROZEN;
   }
 
   public function getMethodStatusDescription() {
     return pht(
       'This method is frozen and will eventually be deprecated. New code '.
       'should use "paste.edit" instead.');
   }
 
   protected function defineParamTypes() {
     return array(
       'content'   => 'required string',
       'title'     => 'optional string',
       'language'  => 'optional string',
     );
   }
 
   protected function defineReturnType() {
     return 'nonempty dict';
   }
 
   protected function defineErrorTypes() {
     return array(
       'ERR-NO-PASTE' => pht('Paste may not be empty.'),
     );
   }
 
   protected function execute(ConduitAPIRequest $request) {
     $content  = $request->getValue('content');
     $title    = $request->getValue('title');
     $language = $request->getValue('language');
 
-    if (!strlen($content)) {
+    if (!phutil_nonempty_string($content)) {
       throw new ConduitException('ERR-NO-PASTE');
     }
 
     $title = nonempty($title, pht('Masterwork From Distant Lands'));
     $language = nonempty($language, '');
 
     $viewer = $request->getUser();
 
     $paste = PhabricatorPaste::initializeNewPaste($viewer);
 
     $xactions = array();
 
     $xactions[] = id(new PhabricatorPasteTransaction())
       ->setTransactionType(PhabricatorPasteContentTransaction::TRANSACTIONTYPE)
       ->setNewValue($content);
 
     $xactions[] = id(new PhabricatorPasteTransaction())
       ->setTransactionType(PhabricatorPasteTitleTransaction::TRANSACTIONTYPE)
       ->setNewValue($title);
 
     if (strlen($language)) {
       $xactions[] = id(new PhabricatorPasteTransaction())
         ->setTransactionType(
           PhabricatorPasteLanguageTransaction::TRANSACTIONTYPE)
         ->setNewValue($language);
     }
 
     $editor = id(new PhabricatorPasteEditor())
       ->setActor($viewer)
       ->setContinueOnNoEffect(true)
       ->setContentSource($request->newContentSource());
 
     $xactions = $editor->applyTransactions($paste, $xactions);
 
     $paste->attachRawContent($content);
     return $this->buildPasteInfoDictionary($paste);
   }
 
 }