diff --git a/src/rgw/rgw_rest.cc b/src/rgw/rgw_rest.cc
index eea36e8..cb6b9ca 100644
--- a/src/rgw/rgw_rest.cc
+++ b/src/rgw/rgw_rest.cc
@@ -771,6 +771,8 @@ int RGWHandler_REST::preprocess(struct req_state *s, FCGX_Request *fcgx)
     s->request_uri = s->request_uri.substr(0, pos);
   }
   url_decode(s->request_uri, s->path_name_url);
+  if (!path_name)
+    path_name = s->path_name_url.c_str();
   s->method = s->env->get("REQUEST_METHOD");
   s->host = s->env->get("HTTP_HOST");
   s->query = s->env->get("QUERY_STRING");