In MVC Razor, how do you handle null child Entities?

I have an MVC razor view that loops over a collection of orders. Every order has a Customer, who may or may not exist.

The problem is that when this happens, I get a null reference error.

@foreach (var item in Model) {
<tr>
        <td>
        @Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new { id=item.ID }) |
        @Html.ActionLink("Delete", "Delete", new { id=item.ID })
    </td>
    <td>
        @item.Number
    </td>
    <td>
        @String.Format("{0:g}", item.ReceivedDate)
    </td>
    <td>
        @item.Customer.Name
    </td>

@item.Customer. When object, the name explodes. Customer is null, as you could anticipate.

I know the solution to this question must be simple, but I can't seem to locate it!

Without creating a ViewModel, what is the best approach to handle this?

Thanks Duncan