diff --git a/ribbon-loadbalancer/src/main/java/com/netflix/loadbalancer/BaseLoadBalancer.java b/ribbon-loadbalancer/src/main/java/com/netflix/loadbalancer/BaseLoadBalancer.java
index 3f6655a33..5cf8b6260 100644
--- a/ribbon-loadbalancer/src/main/java/com/netflix/loadbalancer/BaseLoadBalancer.java
+++ b/ribbon-loadbalancer/src/main/java/com/netflix/loadbalancer/BaseLoadBalancer.java
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ public void addServer(Server newServer) {
      */
     @Override
     public void addServers(List<Server> newServers) {
-        if (newServers != null && newServers.size() > 0) {
+        if (newServers != null && !newServers.isEmpty()) {
             try {
                 ArrayList<Server> newList = new ArrayList<Server>();
                 newList.addAll(allServerList);
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ public void setServersList(List lsrv) {
             boolean listChanged = false;
             if (!allServerList.equals(allServers)) {
                 listChanged = true;
-                if (changeListeners != null && changeListeners.size() > 0) {
+                if (changeListeners != null && !changeListeners.isEmpty()) {
                    List<Server> oldList = ImmutableList.copyOf(allServerList);
                    List<Server> newList = ImmutableList.copyOf(allServers);                   
                    for (ServerListChangeListener l: changeListeners) {