diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/internal/ui/launching/ProcessPrompter.java b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/internal/ui/launching/ProcessPrompter.java
index 764b2409a07..8df673aa10c 100644
--- a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/internal/ui/launching/ProcessPrompter.java
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/internal/ui/launching/ProcessPrompter.java
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ public class ProcessPrompter implements IStatusHandler {
 					// we will get confused when using path.lastSegment(), so,
 					// let's only keep the name to be sure
 					String name = info.getName();
+					if (name == null || name.isEmpty()) {
+						// Skip elements that have no name
+						// Bug 374823
+						return null;
+					}
+					
 					name = name.split("\\s", 2)[0]; //$NON-NLS-1$
 					
 					IPath path = new Path(name);