diff -r 3667782d0071 gdb/varobj.c
--- a/gdb/varobj.c	Wed Sep 28 12:36:27 2011 +0200
+++ b/gdb/varobj.c	Wed Oct 05 15:53:47 2011 +0200
@@ -2640,7 +2640,7 @@
   opts.raw = 1;
   if (thevalue)
     LA_PRINT_STRING (stb, type, thevalue, len, encoding, 0, &opts);
-  else if (string_print)
+  else if (string_print && type != NULL)
     val_print_string (type, encoding, str_addr, len, stb, &opts);
   else
     common_val_print (value, stb, 0, &opts, current_language);