diff --git a/libctf/ChangeLog b/libctf/ChangeLog
index da27a8fed6..db44cae5ad 100644
--- a/libctf/ChangeLog
+++ b/libctf/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2021-03-02  Nick Alcock  <nick.alcock@oracle.com>
+
+	* ctf-archive.c (ctf_archive_next): Set the name of parents in
+	single-member archives.
+
 2021-02-26  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* Makefile.in: Regenerate.
diff --git a/libctf/ctf-archive.c b/libctf/ctf-archive.c
index 6d9c75c901..6e1bf151f1 100644
--- a/libctf/ctf-archive.c
+++ b/libctf/ctf-archive.c
@@ -1165,6 +1165,8 @@ ctf_archive_next (const ctf_archive_t *wrapper, ctf_next_t **it, const char **na
       if (!skip_parent)
 	{
 	  wrapper->ctfi_dict->ctf_refcnt++;
+	  if (name)
+	    *name = _CTF_SECTION;
 	  return wrapper->ctfi_dict;
 	}
     }