diff --git a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
index 689e801a9..05330dd94 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  - fixed #11956: ExtendCalenderRecurrence bug
  - fixed #11965: FriendManager pagination and getUsersNotIn
  - fixed #11964: files show in trash and in old revisions
+ - fixed #11954: Can't clear packed head tags
 
 7.10.4
  - Added WebGUI::Fork api
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm
index f5fe175f9..0865c74c7 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm
@@ -2308,7 +2308,11 @@ filter guidelines).
 
 sub packExtraHeadTags {
     my ( $self, $unpacked ) = @_;
-    return $unpacked if !$unpacked;
+    # If no more unpacked tags, remove the packed tags
+    if ( !$unpacked ) {
+        $self->update({ extraHeadTagsPacked => $unpacked });
+        return;
+    }
     my $packed  = $unpacked;
     HTML::Packer::minify( \$packed, {
         remove_newlines     => 1,
diff --git a/t/Asset/Asset.t b/t/Asset/Asset.t
index 4f3bf6e6f..62203e141 100644
--- a/t/Asset/Asset.t
+++ b/t/Asset/Asset.t
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ sub definition {
 
 package main;
 
-plan tests => 132
+plan tests => 134
             + scalar(@fixIdTests)
             + scalar(@fixTitleTests)
             + 2*scalar(@getTitleTests) #same tests used for getTitle and getMenuTitle
@@ -1011,6 +1011,30 @@ $session->http->setRedirectLocation('');
 is $clippedAsset->checkView(), 'chunked', 'checkView: returns "chunked" when admin is on for cut asset';
 is $session->http->getRedirectLocation, $clippedAsset->getUrl('func=manageClipboard'), '... cut asset sets redirect to manageClipboard';
 
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# packed head tags
+use HTML::Packer;
+my $asset   = WebGUI::Asset->getImportNode( $session )->addChild({
+    className       => 'WebGUI::Asset::Snippet',
+});
+my $unpacked = qq{<title>
+                                                                             
+                                                                             
+this is my title
+</title>
+};
+my $packed = $unpacked;
+HTML::Packer::minify( \$packed, {
+    remove_newlines     => 1,
+    do_javascript       => "shrink",
+    do_stylesheet       => "minify",
+} );
+$asset->update({ extraHeadTags => $unpacked });
+is $asset->get('extraHeadTagsPacked'), $packed, 'extraHeadTagsPacked';
+$asset->update({ extraHeadTags => '' });
+ok !$asset->get('extraHeadTagsPacked'), 'extraHeadTagsPacked cleared';
+
+
 ##Return an array of hashrefs.  Each hashref describes a test
 ##for the fixId method.