diff --git a/controls/static.c b/controls/static.c
index 817120238f0bd9a69cfbc0d71fcd8064d9d7d36d..060570f3d99c94a689549f812647af78f221d80e 100644
--- a/controls/static.c
+++ b/controls/static.c
@@ -182,9 +182,11 @@ LRESULT WINAPI StaticWndProc( HWND32 hWnd, UINT32 uMsg, WPARAM32 wParam,
 
         if (style == SS_ICON)
         {
-            if (cs->lpszName)
-                STATIC_SetIcon( wndPtr,
+            if (cs->lpszName) {
+	    	if (!HIWORD(cs->lpszName) || cs->lpszName[0])
+		    STATIC_SetIcon( wndPtr,
                                 STATIC_LoadIcon( wndPtr, cs->lpszName ));
+	    }
             return 1;
         }
 	if (style == SS_BITMAP)