diff --git a/backup/moodle2/restore_section_task.class.php b/backup/moodle2/restore_section_task.class.php
index 7550261e6a8..b46ed6b906a 100644
--- a/backup/moodle2/restore_section_task.class.php
+++ b/backup/moodle2/restore_section_task.class.php
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ class restore_section_task extends restore_task {
         $section_included = new restore_section_included_setting($settingname, base_setting::IS_BOOLEAN, true);
         if (is_number($this->info->title)) {
             $label = get_string('includesection', 'backup', $this->info->title);
+        } elseif (empty($this->info->title)) { // Don't throw error if title is empty, gracefully continue restore.
+            $this->log('Section title missing in backup for section id '.$this->info->sectionid, backup::LOG_WARNING, $this->name);
+            $label = get_string('unnamedsection', 'backup');
         } else {
             $label = $this->info->title;
         }
diff --git a/lang/en/backup.php b/lang/en/backup.php
index f156fa954b9..18a34ff3719 100644
--- a/lang/en/backup.php
+++ b/lang/en/backup.php
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ $string['skipmodifprevhelp'] = 'Choose whether or not to skip courses that have
 $string['title'] = 'Title';
 $string['totalcategorysearchresults'] = 'Total categories: {$a}';
 $string['totalcoursesearchresults'] = 'Total courses: {$a}';
+$string['unnamedsection'] = 'Unnamed section';
 $string['userinfo'] = 'Userinfo';
 $string['module'] = 'Module';
 $string['morecoursesearchresults'] = 'More than {$a} courses found, showing first {$a} results';