diff --git a/Engine/source/console/simObject.cpp b/Engine/source/console/simObject.cpp
index 447d96ce4..28cbf1007 100644
--- a/Engine/source/console/simObject.cpp
+++ b/Engine/source/console/simObject.cpp
@@ -2834,6 +2834,9 @@ DefineEngineMethod( SimObject, getFieldValue, const char*, ( const char* fieldNa
    "@param index Optional parameter to specify the index of an array field separately.\n"
    "@return The value of the given field or \"\" if undefined." )
 {
+   if (fieldName == "")
+      return "";
+
    char fieldNameBuffer[ 1024 ];
    char arrayIndexBuffer[ 64 ];