diff --git a/menu/drivers/shared.h b/menu/drivers/shared.h
index f8102fa6cc..b291b35fde 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/shared.h
+++ b/menu/drivers/shared.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static INLINE void get_title(const char *label, const char *dir,
    struct string_list *list_label = string_split(label, "|");
    struct string_list *list_path  = string_split(dir, "|");
 
-   if (list_label)
+   if (list_label && list_label->size > 0)
    {
       strlcpy(elem0_label, list_label->elems[0].data, sizeof(elem0_label));
       if (list_label->size > 1)
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static INLINE void get_title(const char *label, const char *dir,
       string_list_free(list_label);
    }
 
-   if (list_path)
+   if (list_path && list_path->size > 0)
    {
       strlcpy(elem0_path, list_path->elems[0].data, sizeof(elem0_path));
       if (list_path->size > 1)
diff --git a/menu/menu_entries_cbs.c b/menu/menu_entries_cbs.c
index 1716a920cc..5e986a2fb3 100644
--- a/menu/menu_entries_cbs.c
+++ b/menu/menu_entries_cbs.c
@@ -3813,7 +3813,7 @@ static int menu_entries_cbs_init_bind_ok_first(menu_file_list_cbs_t *cbs,
    menu_list_get_last_stack(driver.menu->menu_list,
          NULL, &menu_label, NULL);
 
-   if (str_list)
+   if (str_list && str_list->size > 0)
    {
       strlcpy(elem0, str_list->elems[0].data, sizeof(elem0));