From a0e6bbe2bf732a77682606fb80ec4db686c5f2f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2022 05:55:50 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] ...

---
 src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py b/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
index 5b7cc484fe..83e96c2dc5 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ except AttributeError:
 def load_qicon(name):
     if isinstance(name, QIcon):
         return name
+    if not name:
+        return QIcon()
     if not os.path.isabs(name):
         name = I(name)
     return QIcon(name)