diff --git a/src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/X11/XMenuItemPeer.java b/src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/X11/XMenuItemPeer.java
index 8cd8a725af4c51704f4104643f6bf57f52f7883b..496524c10b3f2073e66b6338e2fe369a889376b9 100644
--- a/src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/X11/XMenuItemPeer.java
+++ b/src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/X11/XMenuItemPeer.java
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ public class XMenuItemPeer implements MenuItemPeer {
         if (target == null) {
             return "";
         }
-        return AWTAccessor.getMenuItemAccessor().getLabel(target);
+        String label = AWTAccessor.getMenuItemAccessor().getLabel(target);
+        return (label == null) ? "" : label;
     }
 
     boolean isTargetEnabled() {