Index: server/protocol.c
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--- server/protocol.c	(revision 392924)
+++ server/protocol.c	(working copy)
@@ -518,9 +518,11 @@
             r->hostname = r->parsed_uri.hostname;
         }
 
+        if (r->parsed_uri.path == NULL)
+            r->parsed_uri.path = apr_pstrdup(r->pool, "/");
+
         r->args = r->parsed_uri.query;
-        r->uri = r->parsed_uri.path ? r->parsed_uri.path
-                 : apr_pstrdup(r->pool, "/");
+        r->uri = r->parsed_uri.path;
 
 #if defined(OS2) || defined(WIN32)
         /* Handle path translations for OS/2 and plug security hole.