diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-pf-codemods/src/rules/helpers/getText.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin-pf-codemods/src/rules/helpers/getText.ts
index 53d5b09e8..14f96b2e1 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin-pf-codemods/src/rules/helpers/getText.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-pf-codemods/src/rules/helpers/getText.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 import { Rule } from "eslint";
 
-import { JSXAttribute, Node } from "estree-jsx";
+import {
+  JSXAttribute,
+  JSXElement,
+  JSXExpressionContainer,
+  JSXFragment,
+  Node,
+} from "estree-jsx";
 
 export function getAttributeText(
   context: Rule.RuleContext,
@@ -27,3 +33,42 @@ export function getAttributeValueText(
 export function getNodesText(context: Rule.RuleContext, nodes: Node[]) {
   return nodes.map((node) => context.getSourceCode().getText(node)).join("");
 }
+
+export function getChildrenAsAttributeValueText(
+  context: Rule.RuleContext,
+  children: JSXElement["children"]
+) {
+  if (!children.length) {
+    return `""`;
+  }
+
+  // is a single text-only child
+  if (children.length === 1 && children[0].type === "JSXText") {
+    const childText = children[0].value.trim();
+
+    if (childText.includes(`"`)) {
+      return `{<>${childText}</>}`;
+    }
+
+    return `"${childText}"`;
+  }
+
+  const nonEmptyChildrenNodes = children.filter(
+    (child) => !(child.type === "JSXText" && child.value.trim() === "")
+  );
+
+  if (nonEmptyChildrenNodes.length === 1) {
+    const singleChild = nonEmptyChildrenNodes[0];
+    const singleChildText = context
+      .getSourceCode()
+      .getText(
+        singleChild as JSXExpressionContainer | JSXElement | JSXFragment
+      );
+
+    return singleChild.type === "JSXExpressionContainer"
+      ? singleChildText
+      : `{${singleChildText}}`;
+  }
+
+  return `{<>${getNodesText(context, children as Node[])}</>}`;
+}
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-pf-codemods/src/rules/v6/emptyStateHeaderMoveIntoEmptyState/emptyStateHeader-move-into-emptyState.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin-pf-codemods/src/rules/v6/emptyStateHeaderMoveIntoEmptyState/emptyStateHeader-move-into-emptyState.ts
index fdf025c92..7ec3c5afa 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin-pf-codemods/src/rules/v6/emptyStateHeaderMoveIntoEmptyState/emptyStateHeader-move-into-emptyState.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-pf-codemods/src/rules/v6/emptyStateHeaderMoveIntoEmptyState/emptyStateHeader-move-into-emptyState.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,15 @@
 import { AST, Rule } from "eslint";
-import {
-  ImportSpecifier,
-  JSXElement,
-  JSXExpressionContainer,
-  JSXFragment,
-  Node,
-} from "estree-jsx";
+import { ImportSpecifier, JSXElement } from "estree-jsx";
 import {
   getAttribute,
   getAttributeText,
   getAttributeValueText,
   getChildElementByName,
-  getNodesText,
   getExpression,
   getFromPackage,
   includesImport,
   nodeIsComponentNamed,
+  getChildrenAsAttributeValueText,
 } from "../../helpers";
 
 const baseMessage =
@@ -95,37 +89,12 @@ module.exports = {
           titleTextAttribute
         );
 
-        const getChildrenText = (children: JSXElement["children"]) => {
-          if (!children.length) {
-            return "";
-          }
-
-          if (children.length === 1 && children[0].type === "JSXText") {
-            return `"${children[0].value.trim()}"`;
-          }
-
-          const potentialSingleChild = children.filter(
-            (child) => !(child.type === "JSXText" && child.value.trim() === "")
-          );
-
-          if (potentialSingleChild.length === 1) {
-            const singleChild = potentialSingleChild[0];
-            const singleChildText = context
-              .getSourceCode()
-              .getText(
-                singleChild as JSXExpressionContainer | JSXElement | JSXFragment
-              );
-
-            return singleChild.type === "JSXExpressionContainer"
-              ? singleChildText
-              : `{${singleChildText}}`;
-          }
-
-          return `{<>${getNodesText(context, children as Node[])}</>}`;
-        };
-
         const titleText =
-          titleTextPropValue || `titleText=${getChildrenText(headerChildren)}`;
+          titleTextPropValue ||
+          `titleText=${getChildrenAsAttributeValueText(
+            context,
+            headerChildren
+          )}`;
 
         const iconPropValue = getExpression(headerIconAttribute?.value);