diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/ScriptInterpreter/Python/ScriptInterpreterPython.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/ScriptInterpreter/Python/ScriptInterpreterPython.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/ScriptInterpreter/Python/ScriptInterpreterPython.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/ScriptInterpreter/Python/ScriptInterpreterPython.cpp
@@ -2797,19 +2797,20 @@
         return false;
       }
 
-      // strip .py or .pyc extension
-      ConstString extension = target_file.GetFileNameExtension();
-      if (extension) {
-        if (llvm::StringRef(extension.GetCString()) == ".py")
-          basename.resize(basename.length() - 3);
-        else if (llvm::StringRef(extension.GetCString()) == ".pyc")
-          basename.resize(basename.length() - 4);
-      }
     } else {
       error.SetErrorString("no known way to import this module specification");
       return false;
     }
 
+    // Strip .py or .pyc extension
+    llvm::StringRef extension = target_file.GetFileNameExtension().GetCString();
+    if (!extension.empty()) {
+      if (extension == ".py")
+        basename.resize(basename.length() - 3);
+      else if (extension == ".pyc")
+        basename.resize(basename.length() - 4);
+    }
+
     // check if the module is already import-ed
     command_stream.Clear();
     command_stream.Printf("sys.modules.__contains__('%s')", basename.c_str());