diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/g/gcc.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/g/gcc.py
index 1ec0f0e37b2..76562c40013 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/g/gcc.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/g/gcc.py
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ def map_nvptx_capability(self):
         architecture_mappings_replacement = "misa=,"
 
         # Determine which compute capabilities are configured. If there are none, return immediately.
-        if cuda_cc_list is None:
+        if not cuda_cc_list:
             return None
         cuda_sm_list = [f"sm_{cc.replace('.', '')}" for cc in cuda_cc_list]