diff --git a/libcef_dll/base/cef_logging.cc b/libcef_dll/base/cef_logging.cc
index 366be6361..35602911b 100644
--- a/libcef_dll/base/cef_logging.cc
+++ b/libcef_dll/base/cef_logging.cc
@@ -256,10 +256,12 @@ ErrnoLogMessage::~ErrnoLogMessage() {
 }  // namespace cef
 
 std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const wchar_t* wstr) {
-  cef_string_utf8_t str = {0};
   std::wstring tmp_str(wstr);
-  cef_string_wide_to_utf8(wstr, tmp_str.size(), &str);
-  out << str.str;
-  cef_string_utf8_clear(&str);
+  if (!tmp_str.empty()) {
+    cef_string_utf8_t str = {0};
+    cef_string_wide_to_utf8(wstr, tmp_str.size(), &str);
+    out << str.str;
+    cef_string_utf8_clear(&str);
+  }
   return out;
 }