diff --git a/src/rocm_smi.cc b/src/rocm_smi.cc
index 694015f13d..e0f102b4a6 100755
--- a/src/rocm_smi.cc
+++ b/src/rocm_smi.cc
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
 #include <string>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <poll.h>
@@ -1935,7 +1936,7 @@ rsmi_dev_name_get(uint32_t dv_ind, char *name, size_t len) {
 
   ret = get_dev_name_from_file(dv_ind, name, len);
 
-  if (ret || name[0] == '\0') {
+  if (ret || name[0] == '\0' || !isprint(name[0]) ) {
     ret = get_dev_name_from_id(dv_ind, name, len, NAME_STR_DEVICE);
   }