diff --git a/packages/ledger-icrc/src/utils/ledger.utils.ts b/packages/ledger-icrc/src/utils/ledger.utils.ts
index b7968d93a..62c3049c5 100644
--- a/packages/ledger-icrc/src/utils/ledger.utils.ts
+++ b/packages/ledger-icrc/src/utils/ledger.utils.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export const encodeIcrcAccount = ({
   const removeLeadingZeros = (text: string): string => text.replace(/^0+/, "");
 
   const subaccountText = removeLeadingZeros(
-    uint8ArrayToHexString(Uint8Array.from(subaccount)),
+    uint8ArrayToHexString(Uint8Array.from(subaccount ?? [])),
   );
 
   if (subaccountText.length === 0) {