diff --git a/src/bin/eolian/docs_generator.c b/src/bin/eolian/docs_generator.c
index 68045dedf0..2999c334a2 100644
--- a/src/bin/eolian/docs_generator.c
+++ b/src/bin/eolian/docs_generator.c
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ _generate_ref(const char *refn, Eina_Strbuf *wbuf, Eina_Bool use_legacy)
    if (!fn) goto noref;
 
    Eina_Stringshare *fcn = eolian_function_full_c_name_get(fn, ftype, use_legacy);
+   if (!fcn) goto noref;
    eina_strbuf_append(wbuf, fcn);
    eina_stringshare_del(fcn);
    return;