diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/cards/hui-entity-card.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/cards/hui-entity-card.ts
index 73467c08d5..7a4b2348bb 100644
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/cards/hui-entity-card.ts
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/cards/hui-entity-card.ts
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export class HuiEntityCard extends LitElement implements LovelaceCard {
         <div class="info">
           <span class="value"
             >${"attribute" in this._config
-              ? stateObj.attributes[this._config.attribute!] ||
+              ? stateObj.attributes[this._config.attribute!] ??
                 this.hass.localize("state.default.unknown")
               : stateObj.attributes.unit_of_measurement
               ? stateObj.state