diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/views/view_button/view_button.xml b/addons/web/static/src/views/view_button/view_button.xml
index f6930218336..db84af78392 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/views/view_button/view_button.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/views/view_button/view_button.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         t-on-click.stop="onClick"
     >
       <t t-if="icon" t-tag="icon.tag" t-att-class="icon.class" t-att-src="icon.src"/>
-      <t t-slot="contents"><t t-esc="props.string"/></t>
+      <t t-slot="contents"><span t-if="props.string" t-esc="props.string"/></t>
     </t>
   </t>