Index: src/OFHTTPClient.m
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--- src/OFHTTPClient.m
+++ src/OFHTTPClient.m
@@ -124,11 +124,11 @@
 	OFMutableDictionary OF_GENERIC(OFString *, OFString *) *headers;
 	bool hasContentLength, chunked;
 	OFEnumerator OF_GENERIC(OFString *) *keyEnumerator, *objectEnumerator;
 	OFString *key, *object;
 
-	if (URI.path != nil)
+	if (URI.path.length > 0)
 		path = URI.percentEncodedPath;
 	else
 		path = @"/";
 
 	requestString = [OFMutableString stringWithFormat: