diff --git a/erpnext/public/js/controllers/buying.js b/erpnext/public/js/controllers/buying.js
index 118aee9a8c5..02c30587f67 100644
--- a/erpnext/public/js/controllers/buying.js
+++ b/erpnext/public/js/controllers/buying.js
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ erpnext.buying.BuyingController = erpnext.TransactionController.extend({
 				items: my_items
 			},
 			callback: function(r) {
-				if(!r.message) {
+				if(!r.message || r.message.length == 0) {
 					frappe.throw(__("No pending Material Requests found to link for the given items."))
 				}
 				else {