diff --git a/AK/Utf16View.h b/AK/Utf16View.h
index e5685971bc6..fadc5bd5047 100644
--- a/AK/Utf16View.h
+++ b/AK/Utf16View.h
@@ -151,13 +151,17 @@ class Utf16View {
 public:
     using Iterator = Utf16CodePointIterator;
 
-    Utf16View() = default;
+    constexpr Utf16View()
+        : m_string { .ascii = "" }
+    {
+    }
     ~Utf16View() = default;
 
     constexpr Utf16View(char16_t const* string, size_t length_in_code_units)
         : m_string { .utf16 = string }
         , m_length_in_code_units(length_in_code_units)
     {
+        VERIFY(string != nullptr);
         m_length_in_code_units |= 1uz << Detail::UTF16_FLAG;
     }
 
@@ -326,13 +330,6 @@ public:
         return string_hash(m_string.utf16, length_in_code_units());
     }
 
-    [[nodiscard]] constexpr bool is_null() const
-    {
-        if (has_ascii_storage())
-            return m_string.ascii == nullptr;
-        return m_string.utf16 == nullptr;
-    }
-
     [[nodiscard]] constexpr bool is_empty() const { return length_in_code_units() == 0; }
 
     [[nodiscard]] bool is_ascii() const;
diff --git a/Tests/AK/TestUtf16View.cpp b/Tests/AK/TestUtf16View.cpp
index 08c2d28e238..1bcf606453f 100644
--- a/Tests/AK/TestUtf16View.cpp
+++ b/Tests/AK/TestUtf16View.cpp
@@ -99,6 +99,15 @@ TEST_CASE(null_view)
         FAIL("Iterating a null UTF-16 string should not produce any values");
 }
 
+TEST_CASE(default_empty_view_is_empty_ascii_string)
+{
+    Utf16View view;
+    EXPECT(view.has_ascii_storage());
+    EXPECT_EQ(view.ascii_span().data(), "");
+    EXPECT_EQ(view.length_in_code_units(), 0zu);
+    EXPECT_EQ(view, ""sv);
+}
+
 TEST_CASE(utf16_literal)
 {
     {