diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlServerSyntaxProvider.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlServerSyntaxProvider.cs
index 4e9417c760..a49872ac5e 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlServerSyntaxProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlServerSyntaxProvider.cs
@@ -135,7 +135,13 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Persistence.SqlSyntax
                     {
                         reader.Read();
                         // InstanceName can be NULL for the default instance
-                        version = new ServerVersionInfo(reader.GetString(0), reader.GetString(2), reader.IsDBNull(3) ? "(default)" : reader.GetString(3), (EngineEdition) reader.GetInt32(5), reader.GetString(7), reader.GetString(9));
+                        version = new ServerVersionInfo(
+                            reader.GetString(0),
+                            reader.IsDBNull(2) ? "(default)" : reader.GetString(2),
+                            reader.IsDBNull(3) ? "" : reader.GetString(3),
+                            (EngineEdition) reader.GetInt32(5),
+                            reader.GetString(7),
+                            reader.GetString(9));
                     }
                     connection.Close();
                 }