diff --git a/CodeConverter/CSharp/VisualBasicEqualityComparison.cs b/CodeConverter/CSharp/VisualBasicEqualityComparison.cs
index 6a70cf5c..b05a643a 100644
--- a/CodeConverter/CSharp/VisualBasicEqualityComparison.cs
+++ b/CodeConverter/CSharp/VisualBasicEqualityComparison.cs
@@ -179,6 +179,12 @@ private static ObjectCreationExpressionSyntax NewStringFromArg(ExpressionSyntax
     public bool TryConvertToNullOrEmptyCheck(VBSyntax.BinaryExpressionSyntax node, ExpressionSyntax lhs,
         ExpressionSyntax rhs, out CSharpSyntaxNode? visitBinaryExpression)
     {
+        if (OptionCompareTextCaseInsensitive)
+        {
+            visitBinaryExpression = null;
+            return false;
+        }
+
         bool lhsEmpty = IsNothingOrEmpty(node.Left);
         bool rhsEmpty = IsNothingOrEmpty(node.Right);
 
diff --git a/Tests/CSharp/ExpressionTests/StringExpressionTests.cs b/Tests/CSharp/ExpressionTests/StringExpressionTests.cs
index 60cd5422..414ba0e5 100644
--- a/Tests/CSharp/ExpressionTests/StringExpressionTests.cs
+++ b/Tests/CSharp/ExpressionTests/StringExpressionTests.cs
@@ -208,11 +208,11 @@ public void Foo()
         {
             throw new Exception();
         }
-        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(s1))
+        if (CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.CompareInfo.Compare(s1 ?? """", """", CompareOptions.IgnoreCase | CompareOptions.IgnoreKanaType | CompareOptions.IgnoreWidth) == 0)
         {
             // 
         }
-        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(s1))
+        if (CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.CompareInfo.Compare(s1 ?? """", """", CompareOptions.IgnoreCase | CompareOptions.IgnoreKanaType | CompareOptions.IgnoreWidth) == 0)
         {
             // 
         }