diff --git a/src/jrd/trace/TraceDSQLHelpers.h b/src/jrd/trace/TraceDSQLHelpers.h
index e425518d45b..0f8447ddfb4 100644
--- a/src/jrd/trace/TraceDSQLHelpers.h
+++ b/src/jrd/trace/TraceDSQLHelpers.h
@@ -53,11 +53,13 @@ class TraceDSQLPrepare
 
 		m_start_clock = fb_utils::query_performance_counter();
 
-		static const char empty_string[] = "";
-		if (!string)
+		if (m_string == nullptr || (m_string_len == 0 && (m_string_len = fb_strlen(m_string)) == 0))
 		{
+			static constexpr const char* empty_string = "<empty statement>";
+			static FB_SIZE_T empty_string_length = fb_strlen(empty_string);
+
 			m_string = empty_string;
-			m_string_len = 0;
+			m_string_len = empty_string_length;
 		}
 		else if (m_string_len == 0)
 			m_string_len = fb_strlen(m_string);