diff --git a/parsing.c b/parsing.c
index a028625..4420e58 100644
--- a/parsing.c
+++ b/parsing.c
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ void cgit_parse_url(const char *url)
 		p = strchr(cmd + 1, '/');
 		if (p) {
 			p[0] = '\0';
-			cgit_query_path = xstrdup(p + 1);
+			if (p[1])
+				cgit_query_path = xstrdup(p + 1);
 		}
 		cgit_cmd = cgit_get_cmd_index(cmd + 1);
 		cgit_query_page = xstrdup(cmd + 1);