diff --git a/app/helpers/issues_helper.rb b/app/helpers/issues_helper.rb
index 9d3f877a1..756f142fa 100644
--- a/app/helpers/issues_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/issues_helper.rb
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ module IssuesHelper
       value = content_tag("i", h(value)) if value
     end
     
-    if detail.value and !detail.value.to_s.empty?
+    if !detail.value.blank?
       case detail.property
       when 'attr', 'cf'
-        if old_value
+        if !detail.old_value.blank?
           label + " " + l(:text_journal_changed, old_value, value)
         else
           label + " " + l(:text_journal_set_to, value)