diff --git a/app/models/wiki_page.rb b/app/models/wiki_page.rb
index 50abccd02..06531873a 100644
--- a/app/models/wiki_page.rb
+++ b/app/models/wiki_page.rb
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class WikiPage < ApplicationRecord
   end
 
   def self.is_meta_wiki?(title)
-    title.starts_with?(*META_WIKIS)
+    title.present? && title.starts_with?(*META_WIKIS)
   end
 
   def is_meta_wiki?
diff --git a/test/functional/wiki_pages_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/wiki_pages_controller_test.rb
index b15310311..14022ec5d 100644
--- a/test/functional/wiki_pages_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/wiki_pages_controller_test.rb
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ class WikiPagesControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
         get_auth new_wiki_page_path, @mod, params: { wiki_page: { title: "test" }}
         assert_response :success
       end
+
+      should "render without a title" do
+        get_auth new_wiki_page_path, @mod
+        assert_response :success
+      end
     end
 
     context "edit action" do