diff --git a/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js b/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
index 2e2aef986d..cf8cf41c29 100644
--- a/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
+++ b/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
@@ -1775,6 +1775,8 @@ class PlaybackManager {
         }
 
         function translateItemsForPlayback(items, options) {
+            if (!items.length) return Promise.resolve([]);
+
             if (items.length > 1 && options && options.ids) {
                 // Use the original request id array for sorting the result in the proper order
                 items.sort(function (a, b) {