diff --git a/src/pugixml.cpp b/src/pugixml.cpp
index 8f93819..67e0cfe 100644
--- a/src/pugixml.cpp
+++ b/src/pugixml.cpp
@@ -6113,7 +6113,7 @@ namespace pugi
 			if (j != _root)
 				result[--offset] = delimiter;
 
-			if (j->name && *j->name)
+			if (j->name)
 			{
 				size_t length = impl::strlength(j->name);