diff --git a/core/src/cats/sql_delete.cc b/core/src/cats/sql_delete.cc
index cd101b6c7cf..0079f41f9c2 100644
--- a/core/src/cats/sql_delete.cc
+++ b/core/src/cats/sql_delete.cc
@@ -202,6 +202,11 @@ bool BareosDb::DeleteMediaRecord(JobControlRecord* jcr, MediaDbRecord* mr)
 
 void BareosDb::PurgeFiles(const char* jobids)
 {
+  if (strcmp(jobids, "") == 0) {
+    Dmsg0(100, "No jobids to use for purging files\n");
+    return;
+  }
+
   PoolMem query(PM_MESSAGE);
 
   Mmsg(query, "DELETE FROM File WHERE JobId IN (%s)", jobids);