diff --git a/lib/autoloader.php b/lib/autoloader.php
index da20a2a0250d05e57484a74c7fc6ae54d6332674..54f01d9be94f0f5de8333daf321be5d53982a183 100644
--- a/lib/autoloader.php
+++ b/lib/autoloader.php
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class Autoloader {
 			list(, $app, $rest) = explode('\\', $class, 3);
 			$app = strtolower($app);
 			$appPath = \OC_App::getAppPath($app);
-			if (stream_resolve_include_path($appPath)) {
+			if ($appPath && stream_resolve_include_path($appPath)) {
 				$paths[] = $appPath . '/' . strtolower(str_replace('\\', '/', $rest) . '.php');
 				// If not found in the root of the app directory, insert '/lib' after app id and try again.
 				$paths[] = $appPath . '/lib/' . strtolower(str_replace('\\', '/', $rest) . '.php');