diff --git a/telebot/apihelper.py b/telebot/apihelper.py
index a0bb592..1100ed7 100644
--- a/telebot/apihelper.py
+++ b/telebot/apihelper.py
@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ def set_my_description(token, description=None, language_code=None):
     payload = {}
     if description is not None:
         payload['description'] = description
-    if language_code:
+    if language_code is not None:
         payload['language_code'] = language_code
     return _make_request(token, method_url, params=payload, method='post')