diff --git a/legacy/edje/src/bin/edje_cc_out.c b/legacy/edje/src/bin/edje_cc_out.c
index 903bc408c0..443a702c44 100644
--- a/legacy/edje/src/bin/edje_cc_out.c
+++ b/legacy/edje/src/bin/edje_cc_out.c
@@ -1401,6 +1401,7 @@ data_queue_part_lookup(Edje_Part_Collection *pc, const char *name, int *dest)
              return;
           }
      }
+   if (!name[0]) return;
 
    pl = mem_alloc(SZ(Part_Lookup));
    part_lookups = eina_list_append(part_lookups, pl);