diff --git a/extension/llm/apple/ExecuTorchLLM/Exported/ExecuTorchLLMMultimodalRunner.mm b/extension/llm/apple/ExecuTorchLLM/Exported/ExecuTorchLLMMultimodalRunner.mm
index 964805053e2..2de2d902205 100644
--- a/extension/llm/apple/ExecuTorchLLM/Exported/ExecuTorchLLMMultimodalRunner.mm
+++ b/extension/llm/apple/ExecuTorchLLM/Exported/ExecuTorchLLMMultimodalRunner.mm
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ - (BOOL)isLoaded {
 - (BOOL)loadWithError:(NSError**)error {
   if (![self isLoaded]) {
     _runner = llm::create_multimodal_runner(
-      _modelPath.UTF8String,
-      llm::load_tokenizer(_tokenizerPath.UTF8String)
+      _modelPath.UTF8String ?: "",
+      llm::load_tokenizer(_tokenizerPath.UTF8String ?: "")
     );
     if (!_runner) {
       if (error) {
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ - (BOOL)generateWithInputs:(NSArray<ExecuTorchLLMMultimodalInput *> *)inputs
   for (ExecuTorchLLMMultimodalInput *input in inputs) {
     switch (input.type) {
       case ExecuTorchLLMMultimodalInputTypeText:
-        nativeInputs.emplace_back(llm::MultimodalInput(input.text.UTF8String));
+        nativeInputs.emplace_back(llm::MultimodalInput(input.text.UTF8String ?: ""));
         break;
       case ExecuTorchLLMMultimodalInputTypeImage: {
         ExecuTorchLLMImage *image = input.image;
diff --git a/extension/llm/apple/ExecuTorchLLM/Exported/ExecuTorchLLMTextRunner.mm b/extension/llm/apple/ExecuTorchLLM/Exported/ExecuTorchLLMTextRunner.mm
index 1a6c3f40045..ea858f1df9e 100644
--- a/extension/llm/apple/ExecuTorchLLM/Exported/ExecuTorchLLMTextRunner.mm
+++ b/extension/llm/apple/ExecuTorchLLM/Exported/ExecuTorchLLMTextRunner.mm
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ - (instancetype)initWithModelPath:(NSString*)modelPath
     _tokenizerPath = [tokenizerPath copy];
     _specialTokens = std::make_unique<std::vector<std::string>>();
     for (NSString *token in specialTokens) {
-      _specialTokens->emplace_back(token.UTF8String);
+      _specialTokens->emplace_back(token.UTF8String ?: "");
     }
   }
   return self;
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ - (BOOL)isLoaded {
 - (BOOL)loadWithError:(NSError**)error {
   if (![self isLoaded]) {
     _runner = llm::create_text_llm_runner(
-      _modelPath.UTF8String,
-      llm::load_tokenizer(_tokenizerPath.UTF8String, std::move(_specialTokens))
+      _modelPath.UTF8String ?: "",
+      llm::load_tokenizer(_tokenizerPath.UTF8String ?: "", std::move(_specialTokens))
     );
     if (!_runner) {
       if (error) {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ - (BOOL)generateWithPrompt:(NSString*)prompt
     return NO;
   }
   auto status = _runner->generate(
-    prompt.UTF8String,
+    prompt.UTF8String ?: "",
     config.nativeConfig,
     [callback](const std::string& token) {
       if (callback) {