diff --git a/ffserver.c b/ffserver.c
index 4f8049067575cdf06a3574d7b603df8cf5cc00bb..234820d513362906f3e712b52226667ff4564f35 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, "<HEAD><TITLE>%s Status</TITLE>\n", program_name);
- if (c->stream->feed_filename)
+ if (c->stream->feed_filename[0])
url_fprintf(pb, "<link rel=\"shortcut icon\" href=\"%s\">\n", c->stream->feed_filename);
url_fprintf(pb, "</HEAD>\n<BODY>");
url_fprintf(pb, "<H1>%s Status</H1>\n", program_name);