diff --git a/dotCMS/src/main/java/com/dotcms/content/elasticsearch/business/ESContentletAPIImpl.java b/dotCMS/src/main/java/com/dotcms/content/elasticsearch/business/ESContentletAPIImpl.java
index 9bd2f417d4d2..ce3f92f77c7a 100644
--- a/dotCMS/src/main/java/com/dotcms/content/elasticsearch/business/ESContentletAPIImpl.java
+++ b/dotCMS/src/main/java/com/dotcms/content/elasticsearch/business/ESContentletAPIImpl.java
@@ -5587,7 +5587,7 @@ public String getName(final Contentlet contentlet, final User user, final boolea
                         final String transientNameKey = DotAssetContentType.ASSET_FIELD_VAR + "name";
                         final String dotAssetName     = contentlet.getStringProperty(transientNameKey);
                         String assetName              = dotAssetName;
-                        if (!UtilMethods.isSet(dotAssetName)) {
+                        if (!UtilMethods.isSet(dotAssetName) && null != contentlet.getBinary(DotAssetContentType.ASSET_FIELD_VAR)) {
                             assetName = contentlet.getBinary(DotAssetContentType.ASSET_FIELD_VAR).getName();
                             contentlet.setStringProperty(transientNameKey, assetName);
                         }