diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c
index 3dc13419a2df364127a884003ebc0c3549dade5f..aec4e92f8ea73c8b4b80caebb0c275ea330f494e 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c
@@ -754,6 +754,8 @@ show_btf_plain(struct bpf_btf_info *info, int fd,
 		printf("name [%s]  ", name);
 	else if (name && name[0])
 		printf("name %s  ", name);
+	else
+		printf("name <anon>  ");
 	printf("size %uB", info->btf_size);
 
 	n = 0;