diff --git a/Common/StringUtils.cpp b/Common/StringUtils.cpp
index e3d67c5a78..c4b88c4c3a 100644
--- a/Common/StringUtils.cpp
+++ b/Common/StringUtils.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ void truncate_cpy(char *dest, size_t destSize, const char *src) {
 	}
 }
 
+const char* safe_string(const char* s) {
+	return s ? s : "(null)";
+}
+
 long parseHexLong(std::string s) {
 	long value = 0;
 
diff --git a/Common/StringUtils.h b/Common/StringUtils.h
index 696018e35d..989fe8b9fd 100644
--- a/Common/StringUtils.h
+++ b/Common/StringUtils.h
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ inline void truncate_cpy(char(&out)[Count], const char *src) {
 	truncate_cpy(out, Count, src);
 }
 
+const char* safe_string(const char* s);
+
 long parseHexLong(std::string s);
 long parseLong(std::string s);
 std::string StringFromFormat(const char* format, ...);
diff --git a/Core/HLE/sceNp2.cpp b/Core/HLE/sceNp2.cpp
index 166029bad4..98a50b1fa8 100644
--- a/Core/HLE/sceNp2.cpp
+++ b/Core/HLE/sceNp2.cpp
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static int sceNpMatching2Term()
 
 static int sceNpMatching2CreateContext(u32 communicationIdPtr, u32 passPhrasePtr, u32 ctxIdPtr, int unknown)
 {
-	ERROR_LOG(SCENET, "UNIMPL %s(%08x[%s], %08x[%08x], %08x[%hu], %i) at %08x", __FUNCTION__, communicationIdPtr, Memory::GetCharPointer(communicationIdPtr), passPhrasePtr, Memory::Read_U32(passPhrasePtr), ctxIdPtr, Memory::Read_U16(ctxIdPtr), unknown, currentMIPS->pc);
+	ERROR_LOG(SCENET, "UNIMPL %s(%08x[%s], %08x[%08x], %08x[%hu], %i) at %08x", __FUNCTION__, communicationIdPtr, safe_string(Memory::GetCharPointer(communicationIdPtr)), passPhrasePtr, Memory::Read_U32(passPhrasePtr), ctxIdPtr, Memory::Read_U16(ctxIdPtr), unknown, currentMIPS->pc);
 	if (!npMatching2Inited)
 		return hleLogError(SCENET, SCE_NP_MATCHING2_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED);