1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/uri/ldap.rb b/lib/uri/ldap.rb
index a2043ccdf5..14e6163292 100644
--- a/lib/uri/ldap.rb
+++ b/lib/uri/ldap.rb
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ module URI
 
     # Private method to cleanup +dn+ from using the +path+ component attribute.
     def parse_dn
+      raise InvalidURIError, 'bad LDAP URL' unless @path
       @dn = @path[1..-1]
     end
     private :parse_dn