diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/NewznabRequestGenerator.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/NewznabRequestGenerator.cs
index 6a2bb81ca..a7ec471d6 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/NewznabRequestGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/NewznabRequestGenerator.cs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public IndexerPageableRequestChain GetSearchRequests(MovieSearchCriteria searchC
         {
             var pageableRequests = new IndexerPageableRequestChain();
 
-            if (SupportsMovieSearch)
+            if (SupportsMovieSearch && searchCriteria.Movie.ImdbId.IsNotNullOrWhitespace())
             {
                 pageableRequests.Add(GetPagedRequests(MaxPages, Settings.Categories, "movie", $"&imdbid={searchCriteria.Movie.ImdbId.Substring(2)}"));
             }