diff --git a/RestSharp/Deserializers/XmlAttributeDeserializer.cs b/RestSharp/Deserializers/XmlAttributeDeserializer.cs
index b7f21c480..8d7ca4f8b 100644
--- a/RestSharp/Deserializers/XmlAttributeDeserializer.cs
+++ b/RestSharp/Deserializers/XmlAttributeDeserializer.cs
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ private void Map(object x, XElement root)
 
 				var value = GetValueFromXml(root, name, isAttribute);
 
-				if (value == null)
+				if (value == null || value == string.Empty)
 				{
 					// special case for inline list items
 					if (type.IsGenericType)