diff --git a/promlinter.go b/promlinter.go
index 07aa303..898336a 100644
--- a/promlinter.go
+++ b/promlinter.go
@@ -266,6 +266,12 @@ func (v *visitor) parseOpts(optArg ast.Node, metricType dto.MetricType) ast.Visi
 	}
 
 	metricName := prometheus.BuildFQName(opts.namespace, opts.subsystem, opts.name)
+	// We skip the invalid metric if the name is an empty string.
+	// This kind of metric declaration might be used as a stud metric
+	// https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos/blob/main/cmd/thanos/tools_bucket.go#L538.
+	if metricName == "" {
+		return v
+	}
 	currentMetric.Name = &metricName
 
 	v.metrics = append(v.metrics, MetricFamilyWithPos{MetricFamily: &currentMetric, Pos: optsPosition})
diff --git a/testdata/testdata.go b/testdata/testdata.go
index a769a30..274e015 100644
--- a/testdata/testdata.go
+++ b/testdata/testdata.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 package testdata
 
 import (
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promauto"
 	"k8s.io/kube-state-metrics/v2/pkg/metric"
@@ -122,6 +123,10 @@ func main() {
 			nil,
 		),
 	}
+
+	// We skip linting these case when metric name is not set.
+	promauto.With(nil).NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{})
+	promauto.With(nil).NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{}, nil)
 }
 
 func newDesc(subsystem, name, help string) *prometheus.Desc {