diff --git a/etemplate/js/et2_core_baseWidget.js b/etemplate/js/et2_core_baseWidget.js
index df84e28661..2b88e2e1a2 100644
--- a/etemplate/js/et2_core_baseWidget.js
+++ b/etemplate/js/et2_core_baseWidget.js
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ var et2_placeholder = et2_baseWidget.extend([et2_IDetachedDOM],
 			.addClass("et2_placeholder");
 
 		var headerNode = $j(document.createElement("span"))
-			.text(this._type)
+			.text(this._type || "")
 			.addClass("et2_caption")
 			.appendTo(this.placeDiv);