diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 21907fabd0..2d2b839888 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-04-19  Yao Qi  <yao@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* ctf.c (ctf_xfer_partial): Check 'name' is NULL before strcmp.
+
 2014-04-18  Siva Chandra Reddy  <sivachandra@google.com>
 
 	* valops.c (oload_method_static): Remove unnecessary argument
diff --git a/gdb/ctf.c b/gdb/ctf.c
index ebd40d6d83..b684a3603f 100644
--- a/gdb/ctf.c
+++ b/gdb/ctf.c
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ ctf_xfer_partial (struct target_ops *ops, enum target_object object,
 	    = bt_ctf_iter_read_event (ctf_iter);
 	  const char *name = bt_ctf_event_name (event);
 
-	  if (strcmp (name, "frame") == 0)
+	  if (name == NULL || strcmp (name, "frame") == 0)
 	    break;
 	  else if (strcmp (name, "memory") != 0)
 	    {