diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/expr.c b/scripts/kconfig/expr.c
index 13788ada..579ece4 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/expr.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/expr.c
@@ -1034,12 +1034,18 @@
 		expr_print(e->left.expr, fn, data, E_NOT);
 		break;
 	case E_EQUAL:
-		fn(data, e->left.sym, e->left.sym->name);
+		if (e->left.sym->name)
+			fn(data, e->left.sym, e->left.sym->name);
+		else
+			fn(data, NULL, "<choice>");
 		fn(data, NULL, "=");
 		fn(data, e->right.sym, e->right.sym->name);
 		break;
 	case E_UNEQUAL:
-		fn(data, e->left.sym, e->left.sym->name);
+		if (e->left.sym->name)
+			fn(data, e->left.sym, e->left.sym->name);
+		else
+			fn(data, NULL, "<choice>");
 		fn(data, NULL, "!=");
 		fn(data, e->right.sym, e->right.sym->name);
 		break;