diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_desktop/ecore_desktop_paths.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_desktop/ecore_desktop_paths.c
index 214714886b..ada05638ad 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_desktop/ecore_desktop_paths.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_desktop/ecore_desktop_paths.c
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ ecore_desktop_paths_to_hash(const char *paths)
 		  p++;
 	       }
 	     *pp = '\0';
-	     ecore_hash_set(result, strdup(buf), strdup(buf));
+	     if (*buf) ecore_hash_set(result, strdup(buf), strdup(buf));
 	     if (*p) p++;
 	     else p = NULL;
 	  }
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ ecore_desktop_paths_to_list(const char *paths)
 		  p++;
 	       }
 	     *pp = '\0';
-	     ecore_list_append(result, strdup(buf));
+	     if (*buf) ecore_list_append(result, strdup(buf));
 	     if (*p) p++;
 	     else p = NULL;
 	  }