diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/sync.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/sync.js
index 320e97164..ff47d1879 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/sync.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/sync.js
@@ -2452,7 +2452,9 @@ Zotero.Sync.Server.Data = new function() {
 		};
 		
 		if (type == 'item') {
-			io.dataIn.changedCreators = changedCreators;
+			if (!Zotero.Utilities.prototype.isEmpty(changedCreators)) {
+				io.dataIn.changedCreators = changedCreators;
+			}
 		}
 		
 		var wm = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/appshell/window-mediator;1"]
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/utilities.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/utilities.js
index 3e84aa499..a966e32aa 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/utilities.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/utilities.js
@@ -291,6 +291,20 @@ Zotero.Utilities.prototype.isInt = function(x) {
 }
 
 
+
+/**
+ * Test if an object is empty
+ *
+ * @param	{Object}
+ */
+Zotero.Utilities.prototype.isEmpty = function (obj) {
+    for (var i in obj) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+
 /**
  * Compares an array with another and returns an array with
  *	the values from array2 that don't exist in array1