diff --git a/Core/GameEngine/Source/GameNetwork/GameSpy/Thread/ThreadUtils.cpp b/Core/GameEngine/Source/GameNetwork/GameSpy/Thread/ThreadUtils.cpp
index fedf8d86988..998beeb4d10 100644
--- a/Core/GameEngine/Source/GameNetwork/GameSpy/Thread/ThreadUtils.cpp
+++ b/Core/GameEngine/Source/GameNetwork/GameSpy/Thread/ThreadUtils.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,19 @@ std::wstring MultiByteToWideCharSingleLine( const char *orig )
 std::string WideCharStringToMultiByte( const WideChar *orig )
 {
 	std::string ret;
+	
+	// Check for null pointer to prevent crash
+	if (orig == NULL)
+	{
+		return ret;  // Return empty string
+	}
+	
+	// Check for empty string to avoid unnecessary processing
+	if (orig[0] == 0)
+	{
+		return ret;  // Return empty string
+	}
+	
 	Int len = WideCharToMultiByte( CP_UTF8, 0, orig, wcslen(orig), NULL, 0, NULL, NULL ) + 1;
 	if (len > 0)
 	{