diff --git a/packages/slate-react/src/components/editor.js b/packages/slate-react/src/components/editor.js
index 6edadb53d..018e35f64 100644
--- a/packages/slate-react/src/components/editor.js
+++ b/packages/slate-react/src/components/editor.js
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class Editor extends React.Component {
    */
 
   queueChange = (change) => {
-    if (change.operations.length) {
+    if (change.operations.size) {
       debug('queueChange', { change })
       this.tmp.change = change
     }