diff --git a/SharpNBT/TagWriter.cs b/SharpNBT/TagWriter.cs
index 5af5265..37a20ca 100644
--- a/SharpNBT/TagWriter.cs
+++ b/SharpNBT/TagWriter.cs
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ public class TagWriter : TagIO
     [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
     private void WriteTypeAndName(Tag tag)
     {
-        if (tag.Parent is ListTag || string.IsNullOrEmpty(tag.Name))
+        if (tag.Parent is ListTag)
             return;
 
         BaseStream.WriteByte((byte) tag.Type);
@@ -384,4 +384,4 @@ public class TagWriter : TagIO
         else
             BaseStream.Write(GetBytes(count), 0, sizeof(int));
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}