| Index: src/runtime/runtime-internal.cc | 
| diff --git a/src/runtime/runtime-internal.cc b/src/runtime/runtime-internal.cc | 
| index 6ff0a09b614a09f3ded929de06d6bdf0edf9027c..5c8f049f741df7f10569f1eff5d7e59c1be20ae6 100644 | 
| --- a/src/runtime/runtime-internal.cc | 
| +++ b/src/runtime/runtime-internal.cc | 
| @@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ RUNTIME_FUNCTION(Runtime_AllocateSeqOneByteString) { | 
| HandleScope scope(isolate); | 
| DCHECK_EQ(1, args.length()); | 
| CONVERT_SMI_ARG_CHECKED(length, 0); | 
| +  if (length == 0) return isolate->heap()->empty_string(); | 
| Handle<SeqOneByteString> result; | 
| ASSIGN_RETURN_FAILURE_ON_EXCEPTION( | 
| isolate, result, isolate->factory()->NewRawOneByteString(length)); | 
| @@ -309,6 +310,7 @@ RUNTIME_FUNCTION(Runtime_AllocateSeqTwoByteString) { | 
| HandleScope scope(isolate); | 
| DCHECK_EQ(1, args.length()); | 
| CONVERT_SMI_ARG_CHECKED(length, 0); | 
| +  if (length == 0) return isolate->heap()->empty_string(); | 
| Handle<SeqTwoByteString> result; | 
| ASSIGN_RETURN_FAILURE_ON_EXCEPTION( | 
| isolate, result, isolate->factory()->NewRawTwoByteString(length)); | 
|  |