diff --git a/plugins/entity/PanelizerEntityDefault.class.php b/plugins/entity/PanelizerEntityDefault.class.php
index 1ab1d40..ca3071f 100644
--- a/plugins/entity/PanelizerEntityDefault.class.php
+++ b/plugins/entity/PanelizerEntityDefault.class.php
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ abstract class PanelizerEntityDefault implements PanelizerEntityInterface {
         $panelizer->name = NULL;

         // Make sure there is a view mode.
-        if (!isset($panelizer->view_mode)) {
+        if (empty($panelizer->view_mode)) {
           $panelizer->view_mode = $view_mode;
         }