diff --git a/source3/rpcclient/rpcclient.c b/source3/rpcclient/rpcclient.c
index f57b4f2e483..bf41e8dc28e 100644
--- a/source3/rpcclient/rpcclient.c
+++ b/source3/rpcclient/rpcclient.c
@@ -292,7 +292,8 @@ static NTSTATUS cmd_help(struct cli_state *cli, TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
 		while(tmp_set->name) {
 
 			printf("%15s\t\t%s\n", tmp_set->name,
-			       tmp_set->description);
+			       tmp_set->description ? tmp_set->description:
+			       "");
 
 			tmp_set++;
 		}