Core 'file table' formatter returns an empty div when it should return nothing

(Hope it's not a duplicate; could not find it in the list)

When you add a file field to an entity, and select Generic File as a formatter, an instance of that entity with no attachments displays fine (nothing), when you select Table of files as a formatter, there is something returned when it shouldn't:

<div class="field field-name-field-page-attachments field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div>

I think the culprit is found in file.field.inc of the core file module, line 962:

    case 'file_table':
      // Display all values in a single element..
      $element[0] = array(
        '#theme' => 'file_formatter_table',
        '#items' => $items,
      );
      break;

$element[0] will always be returned here, even if there are no files. I think it should rather be something like:

    case 'file_table':
      // Display all values in a single element..
      if(sizeof($items) > 0) {
      $element[0] = array(
        '#theme' => 'file_formatter_table',
        '#items' => $items,
      );
      }
      break;