diff --git a/src/_pytest/_code/code.py b/src/_pytest/_code/code.py
index b176dde98..cafd870f0 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/_code/code.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/_code/code.py
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ class Code:
         """ return a path object pointing to source code (or a str in case
         of OSError / non-existing file).
         """
+        if not self.raw.co_filename:
+            return ""
         try:
             p = py.path.local(self.raw.co_filename)
             # maybe don't try this checking
diff --git a/testing/code/test_source.py b/testing/code/test_source.py
index b5efdb317..cf0930974 100644
--- a/testing/code/test_source.py
+++ b/testing/code/test_source.py
@@ -524,6 +524,14 @@ def test_getfslineno() -> None:
     B.__name__ = "B2"
     assert getfslineno(B)[1] == -1
 
+    co = compile("...", "", "eval")
+    assert co.co_filename == ""
+
+    if hasattr(sys, "pypy_version_info"):
+        assert getfslineno(co) == ("", -1)
+    else:
+        assert getfslineno(co) == ("", 0)
+
 
 def test_code_of_object_instance_with_call() -> None:
     class A: