diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/property-editors/uis/multiple-text-string/input-multiple-text-string/input-multiple-text-string.element.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/property-editors/uis/multiple-text-string/input-multiple-text-string/input-multiple-text-string.element.ts
index f9f9534836..ff1a20b94a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/property-editors/uis/multiple-text-string/input-multiple-text-string/input-multiple-text-string.element.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/property-editors/uis/multiple-text-string/input-multiple-text-string/input-multiple-text-string.element.ts
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ export class UmbInputMultipleTextStringElement extends FormControlMixin(UmbLitEl
 	}
 	public set items(items: MultipleTextStringValue) {
 		// TODO: when we have a way to overwrite the missing value validator we can remove this
-		this.value = items.length > 0 ? 'some value' : '';
-		this._items = items || [];
+		this.value = items?.length > 0 ? 'some value' : '';
+		this._items = items ?? [];
 	}
 
 	// TODO: Some inputs might not have a value that is either FormDataEntryValue or FormData.