diff --git a/shared/source/program/print_formatter.cpp b/shared/source/program/print_formatter.cpp
index bc8f64ed35..ac668bd8ee 100644
--- a/shared/source/program/print_formatter.cpp
+++ b/shared/source/program/print_formatter.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2018-2022 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2023 Intel Corporation
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ void PrintFormatter::printKernelOutput(const std::function<void(char *)> &print)
         while (currentOffset + sizeof(char *) <= printfOutputBufferSize) {
             char *formatString = nullptr;
             read(&formatString);
-            printString(formatString, print);
+            if (formatString != nullptr) {
+                printString(formatString, print);
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/shared/test/unit_test/program/printf_helper_tests.cpp b/shared/test/unit_test/program/printf_helper_tests.cpp
index f7057d3fa5..e23417b205 100644
--- a/shared/test/unit_test/program/printf_helper_tests.cpp
+++ b/shared/test/unit_test/program/printf_helper_tests.cpp
@@ -957,6 +957,16 @@ TEST_F(PrintFormatterTest, GivenNoStringMapAndBufferWithFormatStringThenItIsPrin
     EXPECT_STREQ(formatString, output);
 }
 
+TEST_F(PrintFormatterTest, GivenNoStringMapAndBufferWithEmptyFormatThenNothingIsPrinted) {
+    printFormatter.reset(new PrintFormatter(static_cast<uint8_t *>(data->getUnderlyingBuffer()), printfBufferSize, true));
+    const char *formatString = nullptr;
+    storeData(formatString);
+
+    char output[maxPrintfOutputLength]{};
+    printFormatter->printKernelOutput([&output](char *str) { strncpy_s(output, maxPrintfOutputLength, str, maxPrintfOutputLength - 1); });
+    EXPECT_STREQ("", output);
+}
+
 TEST_F(PrintFormatterTest, GivenNoStringMapAndBufferWithFormatStringAnd2StringsThenDataIsParsedAndPrintedProperly) {
     printFormatter.reset(new PrintFormatter(static_cast<uint8_t *>(data->getUnderlyingBuffer()), printfBufferSize, true));
     const char *formatString = "%s %s";