diff --git a/pystencils/backends/cbackend.py b/pystencils/backends/cbackend.py
index 59d9011d4e644401049260931ebb9d15f66cce43..70e2814ff649febc076007c4488cc16ca057caf5 100644
--- a/pystencils/backends/cbackend.py
+++ b/pystencils/backends/cbackend.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import numpy as np
 import sympy as sp
 from sympy.core import S
 from sympy.printing.ccode import C89CodePrinter
+
 from pystencils.astnodes import KernelFunction, Node
 from pystencils.cpu.vectorization import vec_all, vec_any
 from pystencils.data_types import (
@@ -385,8 +386,9 @@ class CustomSympyPrinter(CCodePrinter):
         elif expr.func == int_div:
             return "((%s) / (%s))" % (self._print(expr.args[0]), self._print(expr.args[1]))
         else:
+            name = expr.name if hasattr(expr, 'name') else expr.__class__.__name__
             arg_str = ', '.join(self._print(a) for a in expr.args)
-            return f'{expr.name}({arg_str})'
+            return f'{name}({arg_str})'
 
     def _typed_number(self, number, dtype):
         res = self._print(number)