diff --git a/src/util/virlog.c b/src/util/virlog.c
index d1fb0b320cfdfe428c3effd7ef17950204eb860b..047a131666be9ddda2c419b5ce5eebe0ca826f58 100644
--- a/src/util/virlog.c
+++ b/src/util/virlog.c
@@ -1181,9 +1181,11 @@ virLogOutputToJournald(virLogSource source,
     journalAddInt(&state, "PRIORITY", priority);
     journalAddString(&state, "LIBVIRT_SOURCE",
                      virLogSourceTypeToString(source));
-    journalAddString(&state, "CODE_FILE", filename);
+    if (filename)
+        journalAddString(&state, "CODE_FILE", filename);
     journalAddInt(&state, "CODE_LINE", linenr);
-    journalAddString(&state, "CODE_FUNC", funcname);
+    if (funcname)
+        journalAddString(&state, "CODE_FUNC", funcname);
 
     memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
     sa.sun_family = AF_UNIX;