diff --git a/ole-app/olefs/src/main/java/org/kuali/ole/deliver/service/CircDeskLocationResolver.java b/ole-app/olefs/src/main/java/org/kuali/ole/deliver/service/CircDeskLocationResolver.java
index ef8d4de9b6..b72f7cd109 100644
--- a/ole-app/olefs/src/main/java/org/kuali/ole/deliver/service/CircDeskLocationResolver.java
+++ b/ole-app/olefs/src/main/java/org/kuali/ole/deliver/service/CircDeskLocationResolver.java
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ public List<String> getLocationLevelIds() {
 
     public Map<String, String> getLocationMap(String itemLocation){
         Map<String, String> locationMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
-        if(itemLocation!=null && itemLocation.isEmpty()) {
+        if(StringUtils.isNotBlank(itemLocation)) {
             String[] locationArray = itemLocation.split("['/']");
             List<String> locationList = Arrays.asList(locationArray);
             for (String value : locationList) {