diff --git a/ext/pdo_odbc/odbc_driver.c b/ext/pdo_odbc/odbc_driver.c
index 640de63774d9..48a02070ecd1 100644
--- a/ext/pdo_odbc/odbc_driver.c
+++ b/ext/pdo_odbc/odbc_driver.c
@@ -41,15 +41,13 @@ static void pdo_odbc_fetch_error_func(pdo_dbh_t *dbh, pdo_stmt_t *stmt, zval *in
 		einfo = &S->einfo;
 	}
 
-	if (einfo->last_err_msg != NULL) {
-		message = strpprintf(0, "%s (%s[%ld] at %s:%d)",
-					einfo->last_err_msg,
-					einfo->what, (long) einfo->last_error,
-					einfo->file, einfo->line);
-	} else {
-		message = ZSTR_EMPTY_ALLOC();
+	if (einfo->last_err_msg == NULL || strlen(einfo->last_err_msg) == 0) {
+		return;
 	}
-
+	message = strpprintf(0, "%s (%s[%ld] at %s:%d)",
+				einfo->last_err_msg,
+				einfo->what, (long) einfo->last_error,
+				einfo->file, einfo->line);
 	add_next_index_long(info, einfo->last_error);
 	add_next_index_str(info, message);
 	add_next_index_string(info, einfo->last_state);