diff --git a/src/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser-js.patch b/src/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser-js.patch
index 92fa6a69f..9f38381f5 100644
--- a/src/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser-js.patch
+++ b/src/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser-js.patch
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ index c42b1a1a8df6b38886c17f71ea88e5aaa7eebc80..c741404ed973ee3ac246fe246c0f645e
        }
  
 -      if (replace) {
-+      if (replace && !(!targetTab && this.selectedTab?.hasAttribute('zen-empty-tab'))) {
++      if (replace && !((targetTab || this.selectedTab)?.hasAttribute('zen-empty-tab'))) {
          if (this.isTabGroupLabel(targetTab)) {
            throw new Error(
              "Replacing a tab group label with a tab is not supported"