diff --git a/client/TracyProfiler.cpp b/client/TracyProfiler.cpp
index dc21d57a..637920e5 100644
--- a/client/TracyProfiler.cpp
+++ b/client/TracyProfiler.cpp
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static const char* GetProcessName()
     if( buf ) processName = buf;
 #  endif
 #elif defined _GNU_SOURCE || defined __CYGWIN__
-    processName = program_invocation_short_name;
+    if( program_invocation_short_name ) processName = program_invocation_short_name;
 #elif defined __APPLE__ || defined BSD
     auto buf = getprogname();
     if( buf ) processName = buf;