diff --git a/menu/menu_displaylist.c b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
index 35cbe65394..74c818453d 100644
--- a/menu/menu_displaylist.c
+++ b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
@@ -1858,7 +1858,7 @@ static int menu_displaylist_parse_database_entry(menu_displaylist_info_t *info)
       snprintf(crc_str, sizeof(crc_str), "%08X", db_info_entry->crc32);
       strlcpy(thumbnail_content, db_info_entry->name, sizeof(thumbnail_content));
 
-      if (db_info_entry->name)
+      if (!string_is_empty(thumbnail_content))
          menu_driver_set_thumbnail_content(thumbnail_content, sizeof(thumbnail_content)); 
 
       menu_driver_ctl(RARCH_MENU_CTL_UPDATE_THUMBNAIL_PATH, NULL);