1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/eval/funcs.c b/src/nvim/eval/funcs.c
index bcbd2266d3..2ab9801fab 100644
--- a/src/nvim/eval/funcs.c
+++ b/src/nvim/eval/funcs.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ char_u *get_function_name(expand_T *xp, int idx)
     intidx = -1;
   if (intidx < 0) {
     name = get_user_func_name(xp, idx);
-    if (name != NULL) {
+    if (name != NULL && *name != NUL) {
       if (*name != '<' && STRNCMP("g:", xp->xp_pattern, 2) == 0) {
         return cat_prefix_varname('g', name);
       }