diff --git a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp
index 989327ef0..bfa2011dd 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp
@@ -553,6 +553,11 @@ PartitionCoreModule::formatPartition( Device* device, Partition* partition )
 void
 PartitionCoreModule::setFilesystemLabel( Device* device, Partition* partition, const QString& newLabel )
 {
+    if ( newLabel.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        // Don't bother
+        return;
+    }
     auto deviceInfo = infoForDevice( device );
     Q_ASSERT( deviceInfo );