@@ -204,6 +204,9 @@ static av_cold int libssh_connect(URLContext *h, const char *url, char *path, si

                  path, path_size,

                  url);

+    if (!(*path))

+        av_strlcpy(path, "/", path_size);

+

     // a port of 0 will use a port from ~/.ssh/config or the default value 22

     if (port < 0 || port > 65535)

         port = 0;