diff --git a/apache2/re.c b/apache2/re.c
index ace655df..9c9c538e 100644
--- a/apache2/re.c
+++ b/apache2/re.c
@@ -1058,6 +1058,12 @@ int msre_parse_generic(apr_pool_t *mp, const char *text, apr_table_t *vartable,
         /* ignore whitespace */
         while(isspace(*p)) p++;
         if (*p == '\0') return count;
+ 
+        /* ignore empty action */
+        if (*p == ',') {
+          	p++;
+           continue;
+        }
 
         /* we are at the beginning of the name */
         name = p;