diff --git a/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/encoding/encoding.go b/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/encoding/encoding.go
index ade8b7c..30a75da 100644
--- a/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/encoding/encoding.go
+++ b/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/encoding/encoding.go
@@ -102,10 +102,10 @@
 	if codec == nil {
 		panic("cannot register a nil Codec")
 	}
-	contentSubtype := strings.ToLower(codec.Name())
-	if contentSubtype == "" {
-		panic("cannot register Codec with empty string result for String()")
+	if codec.Name() == "" {
+		panic("cannot register Codec with empty string result for Name()")
 	}
+	contentSubtype := strings.ToLower(codec.Name())
 	registeredCodecs[contentSubtype] = codec
 }