diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/ClangTidyDiagnosticConsumer.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/ClangTidyDiagnosticConsumer.cpp
index 71e852545203e..f0c9881a48838 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/ClangTidyDiagnosticConsumer.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/ClangTidyDiagnosticConsumer.cpp
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ ClangTidyContext::ClangTidyContext(
       AllowEnablingAnalyzerAlphaCheckers(AllowEnablingAnalyzerAlphaCheckers),
       EnableModuleHeadersParsing(EnableModuleHeadersParsing) {
   // Before the first translation unit we can get errors related to command-line
-  // parsing, use empty string for the file name in this case.
-  setCurrentFile("");
+  // parsing, use dummy string for the file name in this case.
+  setCurrentFile("dummy");
 }
 
 ClangTidyContext::~ClangTidyContext() = default;