diff --git a/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/model/data/StringDataInstance.java b/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/model/data/StringDataInstance.java
index 5b7facaec7..016901ee2d 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/model/data/StringDataInstance.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/model/data/StringDataInstance.java
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ public class StringDataInstance {
 	 */
 	public String getStringRepresentation() {
 
-		if (isProbe() || isBadCharSize()) {
+		if (isProbe() || isBadCharSize() || !buf.isInitializedMemory()) {
 			return UNKNOWN;
 		}