diff --git a/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_data.c b/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_data.c
index afea6614f6..b425688ccb 100644
--- a/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_data.c
+++ b/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_data.c
@@ -1420,7 +1420,8 @@ eet_data_descriptor_new(char *name,
 			void *(*func_hash_add) (void *h, const char *k, void *d))
 {
    Eet_Data_Descriptor *edd;
-   
+
+   if (!name) return NULL;
    edd = calloc(1, sizeof(Eet_Data_Descriptor));
    edd->name = strdup(name);
    edd->size = size;