diff --git a/plugins/builtin/source/content/views/view_hex_editor.cpp b/plugins/builtin/source/content/views/view_hex_editor.cpp
index a673b413a..48cf2bb00 100644
--- a/plugins/builtin/source/content/views/view_hex_editor.cpp
+++ b/plugins/builtin/source/content/views/view_hex_editor.cpp
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ namespace hex::plugin::builtin {
                         searchSequence.clear();
                         std::copy(this->m_input.begin(), this->m_input.end(), std::back_inserter(searchSequence));
 
-                        if (searchSequence.back() == 0x00)
+                        if (!searchSequence.empty() && searchSequence.back() == 0x00)
                             searchSequence.pop_back();
                     }