diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools/0013-misc-Do-not-print-NULL-string-into-logs.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools/0013-misc-Do-not-print-NULL-string-into-logs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88f4f69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools/0013-misc-Do-not-print-NULL-string-into-logs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From cfc6839362bd96bf2f42954160f16a60bf1de377 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 19:59:02 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] misc: Do not print NULL string into logs
+
+string format %s is getting a NULL pointer for 'expand'
+parameter always since the check for chunks[i] == NULL will ensure that
+its always null when the Log() API is called
+
+Upstream-Status: Submitted [https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/pull/312]
+
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+---
+ open-vm-tools/lib/misc/util_misc.c | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/open-vm-tools/lib/misc/util_misc.c b/open-vm-tools/lib/misc/util_misc.c
+index 198c23d2..0ac0a335 100644
+--- a/open-vm-tools/lib/misc/util_misc.c
++++ b/open-vm-tools/lib/misc/util_misc.c
+@@ -719,8 +719,8 @@ Util_ExpandString(const char *fileName) // IN  file path to expand
+       ASSERT(!freeChunk[i]);
+       chunks[i] = expand;
+       if (chunks[i] == NULL) {
+-	 Log("%s: Cannot allocate memory to expand \"%s\" in \"%s\".\n",
+-             __FUNCTION__, expand, fileName);
++	 Log("%s: Cannot allocate memory to expand in \"%s\".\n",
++             __FUNCTION__, fileName);
+ 	 goto out;
+       }
+       chunkSize[i] = strlen(expand);