diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/undo_system.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/undo_system.c
index 5a0081bff16..ad9ac56620d 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/undo_system.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/undo_system.c
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ bool BKE_undosys_step_push_with_type(UndoStack *ustack, bContext *C, const char
 	UndoStep *us = ustack->step_init ? ustack->step_init : MEM_callocN(ut->step_size, __func__);
 	ustack->step_init = NULL;
 	if (us->name[0] == '\0') {
-		BLI_strncpy(us->name, name, sizeof(us->name));
+		BLI_strncpy(us->name, name ? name : ustack->step_active->name, sizeof(us->name));
 	}
 	us->type = ut;
 	/* initialized, not added yet. */