diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index c637020c..3d784d79 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: flextable
 Type: Package
 Title: Functions for Tabular Reporting
-Version: 0.9.5.009
+Version: 0.9.5.010
 Authors@R: c(
     person("David", "Gohel", role = c("aut", "cre"),
     email = "david.gohel@ardata.fr"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 8088c290..4f2f13fc 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - `summarizor()` don't stop anymore if table only contain discrete columns.
 - `as_flextable.data.frame()` supports 'data.table'
 - `footnote()` handle undefined `ref_symbols` argument
+- `delete_rows()` does not delete rows if the row selection is empty
 
 ## Changes
 
diff --git a/R/augment_rows.R b/R/augment_rows.R
index 20c02925..5cebda68 100644
--- a/R/augment_rows.R
+++ b/R/augment_rows.R
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ delete_rows <- function(x, i = NULL, part = "body") {
 
   check_formula_i_and_part(i, part)
   i <- get_rows_id(x[[part]], i)
+  if (length(i) < 1) {
+    return(x)
+  }
   x[[part]] <- delete_rows_from_part(x[[part]], i = i)
   x
 }