diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Entity/Term.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Entity/Term.php
index 234543aa68149d08aea4f7935620aa0b0a9c724b..08b7dcacd347c7b00ad86975d144fe7fa08c858e 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Entity/Term.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Entity/Term.php
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ public function setFormat($format) {
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function getName() {
-    return $this->label();
+    return $this->label() ?? '';
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/tests/src/Functional/TaxonomyImageTest.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/tests/src/Functional/TaxonomyImageTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3afc39a17c2040d41fd39e530683dcb1dfa167d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/tests/src/Functional/TaxonomyImageTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\taxonomy\Functional;
+
+use Drupal\Tests\TestFileCreationTrait;
+use Drupal\field\Entity\FieldConfig;
+use Drupal\field\Entity\FieldStorageConfig;
+use Drupal\taxonomy\VocabularyInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Tests image upload on taxonomy terms.
+ *
+ * @group taxonomy
+ */
+class TaxonomyImageTest extends TaxonomyTestBase {
+
+  use TestFileCreationTrait {
+    getTestFiles as drupalGetTestFiles;
+    compareFiles as drupalCompareFiles;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The taxonomy vocabulary used for the test.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\taxonomy\VocabularyInterface
+   */
+  protected VocabularyInterface $vocabulary;
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected static $modules = ['image'];
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected $defaultTheme = 'stark';
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function setUp(): void {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    $this->vocabulary = $this->createVocabulary();
+    $entity_type = 'taxonomy_term';
+    $name = 'field_test';
+    FieldStorageConfig::create([
+      'field_name' => $name,
+      'entity_type' => $entity_type,
+      'type' => 'image',
+    ])->save();
+    FieldConfig::create([
+      'field_name' => $name,
+      'entity_type' => $entity_type,
+      'bundle' => $this->vocabulary->id(),
+      'settings' => [],
+    ])->save();
+    /** @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityDisplayRepositoryInterface $display_repository */
+    $display_repository = \Drupal::service('entity_display.repository');
+    $display_repository->getFormDisplay($entity_type, $this->vocabulary->id())
+      ->setComponent($name, [
+        'type' => 'image_image',
+        'settings' => [],
+      ])
+      ->save();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests that a file can be uploaded before the taxonomy term has a name.
+   */
+  public function testTaxonomyImageUpload(): void {
+    $user = $this->drupalCreateUser(['administer taxonomy']);
+    $this->drupalLogin($user);
+
+    $files = $this->drupalGetTestFiles('image');
+    $image = array_pop($files);
+
+    // Ensure that a file can be uploaded before taxonomy term has a name.
+    $edit = [
+      'files[field_test_0]' => \Drupal::service('file_system')->realpath($image->uri),
+    ];
+    $this->drupalGet('admin/structure/taxonomy/manage/' . $this->vocabulary->id() . '/add');
+    $this->submitForm($edit, 'Upload');
+
+    $edit = [
+      'name[0][value]' => $this->randomMachineName(),
+      'field_test[0][alt]' => $this->randomMachineName(),
+    ];
+    $this->submitForm($edit, 'Save');
+    $this->assertSession()->pageTextContains('Created new term');
+  }
+
+}