diff --git a/apache2/msc_util.c b/apache2/msc_util.c
index 51b3f59d..11c10371 100644
--- a/apache2/msc_util.c
+++ b/apache2/msc_util.c
@@ -1172,10 +1172,8 @@ int normalise_path_inplace(unsigned char *input, int input_len, int win, int *ch
 
     *changed = 0;
 
-    /* Need more than one character to normalize */
-    if (input_len < 1) {
-        return ldst;
-    }
+    /* Need at least one byte to normalize */
+    if (input_len <= 0) return 0;
 
     /*
      * ENH: Deal with UNC and drive letters?
diff --git a/apache2/t/tfn/normalisePath.t b/apache2/t/tfn/normalisePath.t
index 97386a4d..987aaaa1 100644
--- a/apache2/t/tfn/normalisePath.t
+++ b/apache2/t/tfn/normalisePath.t
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@
 },
 
 ### Basic
+{
+	type => "tfn",
+	name => "normalisePath",
+	input => "x",
+	output => "x",
+	ret => 0,
+},
 {
 	type => "tfn",
 	name => "normalisePath",
diff --git a/apache2/t/tfn/normalisePathWin.t b/apache2/t/tfn/normalisePathWin.t
index eff8b1a7..dc0f0c3e 100644
--- a/apache2/t/tfn/normalisePathWin.t
+++ b/apache2/t/tfn/normalisePathWin.t
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@
 },
 
 ### Basics
+{
+	type => "tfn",
+	name => "normalisePathWin",
+	input => "x",
+	output => "x",
+	ret => 0,
+},
 {
 	type => "tfn",
 	name => "normalisePathWin",