diff --git a/includes/updater.inc b/includes/updater.inc
index d86040c5b01d781cbe54a02d10fdb5cfb617ede1..b49d5d21fc1e1ffcf8fbdbdfc1cb9bd29d2b1adc 100644
--- a/includes/updater.inc
+++ b/includes/updater.inc
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public static function getUpdaterFromDirectory($directory) {
    *   Path to the info file.
    */
   public static function findInfoFile($directory) {
-    $info_files = file_scan_directory($directory, '/.*\.info/');
+    $info_files = file_scan_directory($directory, '/.*\.info$/');
     if (!$info_files) {
       return FALSE;
     }
@@ -179,8 +179,11 @@ public static function getProjectName($directory) {
   public static function getProjectTitle($directory) {
     $info_file = self::findInfoFile($directory);
     $info = drupal_parse_info_file($info_file);
-    if (!$info) {
-      throw new UpdaterException(t('Unable to parse info file.'));
+    if (empty($info)) {
+      throw new UpdaterException(t('Unable to parse info file: %info_file.', array('%info_file' => $info_file)));
+    }
+    if (empty($info['name'])) {
+      throw new UpdaterException(t("The info file (%info_file) does not define a 'name' attribute.", array('%info_file' => $info_file)));
     }
     return $info['name'];
   }
diff --git a/modules/update/update.module b/modules/update/update.module
index 8891a506709ca24e9a0dd358cd2143365a1bb022..a4a4c3e8ce1929afa3b3b6c9683634cbca7796c1 100644
--- a/modules/update/update.module
+++ b/modules/update/update.module
@@ -696,14 +696,14 @@ function update_verify_update_archive($project, $archive_file, $directory) {
   // Parse all the .info files and make sure they're compatible with this
   // version of Drupal core.
   $incompatible = array();
-  $files = file_scan_directory("$directory/$project", '/^' . DRUPAL_PHP_FUNCTION_PATTERN . '\.info/', array('key' => 'name', 'min_depth' => 0));
+  $files = file_scan_directory("$directory/$project", '/^' . DRUPAL_PHP_FUNCTION_PATTERN . '\.info$/', array('key' => 'name', 'min_depth' => 0));
   foreach ($files as $key => $file) {
     // Get the .info file for the module or theme this file belongs to.
     $info = drupal_parse_info_file($file->uri);
 
     // If the module or theme is incompatible with Drupal core, set an error.
     if (empty($info['core']) || $info['core'] != DRUPAL_CORE_COMPATIBILITY) {
-      $incompatible[] = $info['name'];
+      $incompatible[] = !empty($info['name']) ? $info['name'] : t('Unknown');
     }
   }
   if (!empty($incompatible)) {