diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8ed4898aa..404467180 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ are not entered into bugzilla tend to get forgotten about or ignored.
 450025  Powerc: ACC file not implemented as a logical overlay of the VSR
         registers.
 450536  Powerpc: valgrind throws 'facility scv unavailable exception'
+451626  Syscall param bpf(attr->raw_tracepoint.name) points to unaddressable byte(s)
 
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diff --git a/coregrind/m_syswrap/syswrap-linux.c b/coregrind/m_syswrap/syswrap-linux.c
index b9d531de3..38edccc98 100644
--- a/coregrind/m_syswrap/syswrap-linux.c
+++ b/coregrind/m_syswrap/syswrap-linux.c
@@ -12920,8 +12920,9 @@ PRE(sys_bpf)
                break;
             }
             /* Name is limited to 128 characters in kernel/bpf/syscall.c. */
-            pre_asciiz_str(tid, attr->raw_tracepoint.name, 128,
-                           "bpf(attr->raw_tracepoint.name)");
+            if (attr->raw_tracepoint.name != NULL)
+               pre_asciiz_str(tid, attr->raw_tracepoint.name, 128,
+                              "bpf(attr->raw_tracepoint.name)");
          }
          break;
       case VKI_BPF_BTF_LOAD: