diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/fprofiler.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/fprofiler.cpp
index 58cb6e89daa511efaa9e29d50290aeda71cc3a6b..a06246c7a1e436d2ed7222d5e477a03596ab772a 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/fprofiler.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/fprofiler.cpp
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ void ThreadProfiler::unknown_compiled_update(const CodeBlob* cb, TickPosition wh
 }
 
 void ThreadProfiler::vm_update(TickPosition where) {
-  vm_update(NULL, where);
+  vm_update("", where);
 }
 
 void ThreadProfiler::vm_update(const char* name, TickPosition where) {