diff --git a/crates/settings_ui/src/keybindings.rs b/crates/settings_ui/src/keybindings.rs
index 1aaab211aa..b4e871c617 100644
--- a/crates/settings_ui/src/keybindings.rs
+++ b/crates/settings_ui/src/keybindings.rs
@@ -2181,6 +2181,7 @@ impl KeybindingEditorModal {
 
         let value = action_arguments
             .as_ref()
+            .filter(|args| !args.is_empty())
             .map(|args| {
                 serde_json::from_str(args).context("Failed to parse action arguments as JSON")
             })