diff --git a/ffserver.c b/ffserver.c
index 4f80490675..234820d513 100644
--- a/ffserver.c
+++ b/ffserver.c
@@ -1614,7 +1614,7 @@ static void compute_status(HTTPContext *c)
url_fprintf(pb, "\r\n");
url_fprintf(pb, "%s Status\n", program_name);
- if (c->stream->feed_filename)
+ if (c->stream->feed_filename[0])
url_fprintf(pb, "\n", c->stream->feed_filename);
url_fprintf(pb, "\n");
url_fprintf(pb, "%s Status
\n", program_name);