diff --git a/lib/private/request.php b/lib/private/request.php
index 6b4a2321bac2fe8b6bba252b15386418ea4e66ab..b2afda3592229a2e3416a73f1f63f9a99d7ba154 100755
--- a/lib/private/request.php
+++ b/lib/private/request.php
@@ -165,7 +165,11 @@ class OC_Request {
 		if (strpos($path_info, $name) === 0) {
 			$path_info = substr($path_info, strlen($name));
 		}
-		return $path_info;
+		if($path_info === '/'){
+			return '';
+		} else {
+			return $path_info;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**