diff --git a/packager/app/test/testdata/hls-segmented-webvtt/bear-subtitle-english-text-1.vtt b/packager/app/test/testdata/hls-segmented-webvtt/bear-subtitle-english-text-1.vtt
index cf4aec6ee0..81150bae25 100644
--- a/packager/app/test/testdata/hls-segmented-webvtt/bear-subtitle-english-text-1.vtt
+++ b/packager/app/test/testdata/hls-segmented-webvtt/bear-subtitle-english-text-1.vtt
@@ -3,6 +3,3 @@ WEBVTT
 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.800
 Yup, that's a bear, eh.
 
-00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:01.000
-
-
diff --git a/packager/media/formats/webvtt/webvtt_output_handler.cc b/packager/media/formats/webvtt/webvtt_output_handler.cc
index db8893a4ce..1f4c90d606 100644
--- a/packager/media/formats/webvtt/webvtt_output_handler.cc
+++ b/packager/media/formats/webvtt/webvtt_output_handler.cc
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ void WebVttOutputHandler::WriteCue(const std::string& id,
                                    uint64_t end_ms,
                                    const std::string& settings,
                                    const std::string& payload) {
+  DCHECK_GT(payload.size(), 0u);
+
   // Build a block of text that makes up the cue so that we can use a loop to
   // write all the lines.
   const std::string start = MsToWebVttTimestamp(start_ms);
@@ -148,7 +150,11 @@ Status WebVttSegmentedOutputHandler::OnTextSample(const TextSample& sample) {
   const std::string& settings = sample.settings();
   const std::string& payload = sample.payload();
 
-  WriteCue(id, start_ms, end_ms, settings, payload);
+  // Only write cues that have payloads. Cue without payloads won't present
+  // any information to the user.
+  if (payload.size()) {
+    WriteCue(id, start_ms, end_ms, settings, payload);
+  }
   return Status::OK;
 }