diff --git a/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_debug_utils.c b/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_debug_utils.c
index 2c083ab8937..556f3de1afd 100644
--- a/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_debug_utils.c
+++ b/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_debug_utils.c
@@ -302,10 +302,12 @@ vk_common_SetDebugUtilsObjectNameEXT(
       vk_free(alloc, object->object_name);
       object->object_name = NULL;
    }
-   object->object_name = vk_strdup(alloc, pNameInfo->pObjectName,
-                                   VK_SYSTEM_ALLOCATION_SCOPE_OBJECT);
-   if (!object->object_name)
-      return VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY;
+   if (pNameInfo->pObjectName != NULL) {
+      object->object_name = vk_strdup(alloc, pNameInfo->pObjectName,
+                                      VK_SYSTEM_ALLOCATION_SCOPE_OBJECT);
+      if (!object->object_name)
+         return VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY;
+   }
 
    return VK_SUCCESS;
 }