diff --git a/menu/menu_setting.c b/menu/menu_setting.c
index bb888b4c79..c52dd5f612 100644
--- a/menu/menu_setting.c
+++ b/menu/menu_setting.c
@@ -1314,6 +1314,7 @@ static int setting_action_ok_bind_all_save_autoconfig(void *data, bool wraparoun
    unsigned index_offset;
    settings_t    *settings   = config_get_ptr();
    rarch_setting_t *setting  = (rarch_setting_t*)data;
+   const char *name          = NULL;
 
    (void)wraparound;
 
@@ -1321,9 +1322,9 @@ static int setting_action_ok_bind_all_save_autoconfig(void *data, bool wraparoun
       return -1;
 
    index_offset = setting->index_offset;
+   name         = settings->input.device_names[index_offset];
 
-   if(config_save_autoconf_profile(
-            settings->input.device_names[index_offset], index_offset))
+   if(!string_is_empty(name) && config_save_autoconf_profile(name, index_offset))
       runloop_msg_queue_push(
             msg_hash_to_str(MSG_AUTOCONFIG_FILE_SAVED_SUCCESSFULLY), 1, 100, true);
    else