diff --git a/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.c b/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.c
index 071a7e5a1..67ffd9098 100644
--- a/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.c
+++ b/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.c
@@ -1240,6 +1240,9 @@ fu_common_strwidth (const gchar *text)
 {
 	const gchar *p = text;
 	gsize width = 0;
+
+	g_return_val_if_fail (text != NULL, 0);
+
 	while (*p) {
 		gunichar c = g_utf8_get_char (p);
 		if (g_unichar_iswide (c))
diff --git a/src/fu-util-common.c b/src/fu-util-common.c
index 903d7ba06..961d305fd 100644
--- a/src/fu-util-common.c
+++ b/src/fu-util-common.c
@@ -1557,6 +1557,8 @@ static void
 fu_security_attr_append_str (FwupdSecurityAttr *attr, GString *str)
 {
 	g_autofree gchar *name = fu_security_attr_get_name (attr);
+	if (name == NULL)
+		name = g_strdup (fwupd_security_attr_get_appstream_id (attr));
 	if (fwupd_security_attr_has_flag (attr, FWUPD_SECURITY_ATTR_FLAG_OBSOLETED)) {
 		g_string_append (str, "✦ ");
 	} else if (fwupd_security_attr_has_flag (attr, FWUPD_SECURITY_ATTR_FLAG_SUCCESS)) {