diff --git a/libavdevice/alsa.c b/libavdevice/alsa.c
index 9d8239c962..966eea519a 100644
--- a/libavdevice/alsa.c
+++ b/libavdevice/alsa.c
@@ -383,8 +383,10 @@ int ff_alsa_get_device_list(AVDeviceInfoList *device_list, snd_pcm_stream_t stre
                 ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
                 goto fail;
             }
-            new_device->device_name = av_strdup(name);
-            if ((tmp = strrchr(descr, '\n')) && tmp[1])
+            new_device->device_name = av_strdup(name ? name : "");
+            if (!descr)
+                new_device->device_description = av_strdup("");
+            else if ((tmp = strrchr(descr, '\n')) && tmp[1])
                 new_device->device_description = av_strdup(&tmp[1]);
             else
                 new_device->device_description = av_strdup(descr);
diff --git a/tests/fate/libavdevice.mak b/tests/fate/libavdevice.mak
index e983327a50..3ccbf0731d 100644
--- a/tests/fate/libavdevice.mak
+++ b/tests/fate/libavdevice.mak
@@ -2,5 +2,13 @@ FATE_LIBAVDEVICE-$(CONFIG_JACK_INDEV) += fate-timefilter
 fate-timefilter: libavdevice/tests/timefilter$(EXESUF)
 fate-timefilter: CMD = run libavdevice/tests/timefilter
 
+tests/data/alsa_nodesc.conf: | tests/data
+	$(Q)printf 'pcm.nodesc {\n\ttype null\n\thint {\n\t\tshow on\n\t}\n}\n' > $@
+
+FATE_FFMPEG-$(CONFIG_ALSA_INDEV) += fate-alsa-device-list-nodesc
+fate-alsa-device-list-nodesc: tests/data/alsa_nodesc.conf
+fate-alsa-device-list-nodesc: CMD = (export ALSA_CONFIG_PATH=$(TARGET_PATH)/tests/data/alsa_nodesc.conf && ffmpeg -sources alsa)
+fate-alsa-device-list-nodesc: CMP = null
+
 FATE-$(CONFIG_AVDEVICE) += $(FATE_LIBAVDEVICE-yes)
 fate-libavdevice: $(FATE_LIBAVDEVICE-yes)