diff --git a/dlls/wininet/http.c b/dlls/wininet/http.c
index c699c5bac00..75784dac625 100644
--- a/dlls/wininet/http.c
+++ b/dlls/wininet/http.c
@@ -5809,8 +5809,7 @@ DWORD HTTP_Connect(appinfo_t *hIC, LPCWSTR lpszServerName,
     session->hostName = heap_strdupW(lpszServerName);
     if (lpszUserName && lpszUserName[0])
         session->userName = heap_strdupW(lpszUserName);
-    if (lpszPassword && lpszPassword[0])
-        session->password = heap_strdupW(lpszPassword);
+    session->password = heap_strdupW(lpszPassword);
     session->hostPort = serverPort;
     session->connect_timeout = hIC->connect_timeout;
     session->send_timeout = 0;