diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index f7f701c638..88eea23748 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2020-08-25  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	PR 26500
+	* tc-tic4x.c (tic4x_inst_make): Don't die on terminating insn
+	with name = "".
+
 2020-08-25  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	PR 26441
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-tic4x.c b/gas/config/tc-tic4x.c
index f1eb5bfb41..1889b47128 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-tic4x.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-tic4x.c
@@ -1242,9 +1242,8 @@ tic4x_inst_make (const char *name, unsigned long opcode, const char *args)
   insts[iindex].args = args;
   iindex++;
 
-  do
+  while (*name)
     *names++ = *name++;
-  while (*name);
   *names++ = '\0';
 
   return &insts[iindex - 1];