1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/config-model-api/src/main/java/com/yahoo/config/model/api/ConfigChangeReindexAction.java b/config-model-api/src/main/java/com/yahoo/config/model/api/ConfigChangeReindexAction.java
index bb714a55f94..261a09b4a0d 100644
--- a/config-model-api/src/main/java/com/yahoo/config/model/api/ConfigChangeReindexAction.java
+++ b/config-model-api/src/main/java/com/yahoo/config/model/api/ConfigChangeReindexAction.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public interface ConfigChangeReindexAction extends ConfigChangeAction {
     @Override default Type getType() { return Type.REINDEX; }
 
     /** @return name identifying this kind of change, used to identify names which should be allowed */
-    default String name() { return validationId().orElseThrow().value(); }
+    default String name() { return validationId().map(ValidationId::value).orElse("reindexing"); }
 
     /** @return name of the document type that must be re-indexed */
     String getDocumentType();