diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.c
index 7db9cab9bedf..d9362eabc6a1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.c
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ irq_pool_alloc(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, int start, int size, char *name,
 	pool->min_threshold = min_threshold * MLX5_EQ_REFS_PER_IRQ;
 	pool->max_threshold = max_threshold * MLX5_EQ_REFS_PER_IRQ;
 	mlx5_core_dbg(dev, "pool->name = %s, pool->size = %d, pool->start = %d",
-		      name, size, start);
+		      name ? name : "mlx5_pcif_pool", size, start);
 	return pool;
 }