diff --git a/app/xcf/xcf-load.c b/app/xcf/xcf-load.c
index cb2c87561f..bd853bc607 100644
--- a/app/xcf/xcf-load.c
+++ b/app/xcf/xcf-load.c
@@ -4782,7 +4782,7 @@ xcf_load_parasite (XcfInfo *info)
       return NULL;
     }
 
-  if (!name)
+  if (! name || strlen (name) == 0)
     {
       g_printerr ("Parasite has no name! Possibly corrupt XCF file.\n");
       return NULL;