Wordpress: Shortcode Empty Paragraph fix

functions.php

function shortcode_empty_paragraph_fix($content)
{  
    $array = array (
        '<p>[' => '[',
        ']</p>' => ']',
        ']<br />' => ']'
    );

    $content = strtr($content, $array);

    return $content;
}

add_filter('the_content', 'shortcode_empty_paragraph_fix');

Holy shit this is a life saver.