diff --git a/Source/Core/Scheduler/L3Services/SingleThreadService.cpp b/Source/Core/Scheduler/L3Services/SingleThreadService.cpp
index 254209213..0925861e6 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Scheduler/L3Services/SingleThreadService.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Scheduler/L3Services/SingleThreadService.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ SingleThreadService::~SingleThreadService() {
 }
 
 ErrorManagement::ErrorType SingleThreadService::Start() {
-    embeddedThread.SetName(GetName());
+    CCString name = GetName();
+    if (name) {
+        embeddedThread.SetName(name);
+    }
     return embeddedThread.Start();
 }