diff --git a/lib/geocoder/lookups/base.rb b/lib/geocoder/lookups/base.rb
index 64b72b9b5a0a4df930eacf9df1789a01ea7559a9..e4b792efe9bab4d11b0e73119aaafba0e0160888 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/lookups/base.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/lookups/base.rb
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ module Geocoder
       # Fetches a raw search result (JSON string).
       #
       def fetch_raw_data(query, reverse = false)
-        return nil if query.blank?
         url = query_url(query, reverse)
         timeout(Geocoder::Configuration.timeout) do
           Net::HTTP.get_response(URI.parse(url)).body