diff --git a/accounts/abi/bind/bind.go b/accounts/abi/bind/bind.go
index cf82093756..5ee30d0249 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/bind.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/bind.go
@@ -392,6 +392,10 @@ func capitalise(input string) string {
 
 // decapitalise makes a camel-case string which starts with a lower case character.
 func decapitalise(input string) string {
+	if len(input) == 0 {
+		return input
+	}
+
 	goForm := abi.ToCamelCase(input)
 	return strings.ToLower(goForm[:1]) + goForm[1:]
 }