diff --git a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/file_operations.cc b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/file_operations.cc
index cec1882438..f2fa1c9652 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/file_operations.cc
+++ b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/file_operations.cc
@@ -218,6 +218,9 @@ extern "C" int access(const char *path, int amode)
 	if (!path)
 		return Errno(EFAULT);
 
+	if (path[0] == '\0')
+		return Errno(ENOENT);
+
 	try {
 		Absolute_path resolved_path;
 		resolve_symlinks(path, resolved_path);
@@ -234,6 +237,9 @@ extern "C" int chdir(const char *path)
 	if (!path)
 		return Errno(EFAULT);
 
+	if (path[0] == '\0')
+		return Errno(ENOENT);
+
 	struct stat stat_buf;
 	if ((stat(path, &stat_buf) == -1) ||
 	    (!S_ISDIR(stat_buf.st_mode))) {
@@ -336,6 +342,9 @@ __SYS_(int, fstatat, (int libc_fd, char const *path, struct stat *buf, int flags
 	if (!path)
 		return Errno(EFAULT);
 
+	if (path[0] == '\0')
+		return Errno(ENOENT);
+
 	if (*path == '/') {
 		if (flags & AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW)
 			return lstat(path, buf);
@@ -395,6 +404,9 @@ extern "C" int lstat(const char *path, struct stat *buf)
 	if (!path)
 		return Errno(EFAULT);
 
+	if (path[0] == '\0')
+		return Errno(ENOENT);
+
 	try {
 		Absolute_path resolved_path;
 		resolve_symlinks_except_last_element(path, resolved_path);
@@ -411,6 +423,9 @@ extern "C" int mkdir(const char *path, mode_t mode)
 	if (!path)
 		return Errno(EFAULT);
 
+	if (path[0] == '\0')
+		return Errno(ENOENT);
+
 	try {
 		Absolute_path resolved_path;
 		resolve_symlinks_except_last_element(path, resolved_path);
@@ -526,6 +541,9 @@ __SYS_(int, open, (const char *pathname, int flags, ...),
 	if (!pathname)
 		return Errno(EFAULT);
 
+	if (pathname[0] == '\0')
+		return Errno(ENOENT);
+
 	Absolute_path resolved_path;
 
 	Plugin *plugin;
@@ -574,6 +592,9 @@ __SYS_(int, openat, (int libc_fd, const char *path, int flags, ...),
 	if (!path)
 		return Errno(EFAULT);
 
+	if (path[0] == '\0')
+		return Errno(ENOENT);
+
 	va_list ap;
 	va_start(ap, flags);
 	mode_t mode = va_arg(ap, unsigned);
@@ -646,6 +667,9 @@ extern "C" ssize_t readlink(const char *path, char *buf, ::size_t bufsiz)
 	if (!path)
 		return Errno(EFAULT);
 
+	if (path[0] == '\0')
+		return Errno(ENOENT);
+
 	try {
 		Absolute_path resolved_path;
 		resolve_symlinks_except_last_element(path, resolved_path);
@@ -661,6 +685,9 @@ extern "C" int rename(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath)
 	if (!oldpath || !newpath)
 		return Errno(EFAULT);
 
+	if ((oldpath[0] == '\0') || (newpath[0] == '\0'))
+		return Errno(ENOENT);
+
 	try {
 		Absolute_path resolved_oldpath, resolved_newpath;
 		resolve_symlinks_except_last_element(oldpath, resolved_oldpath);
@@ -681,6 +708,9 @@ extern "C" int rmdir(const char *path)
 	if (!path)
 		return Errno(EFAULT);
 
+	if (path[0] == '\0')
+		return Errno(ENOENT);
+
 	try {
 		Absolute_path resolved_path;
 		resolve_symlinks_except_last_element(path, resolved_path);
@@ -708,6 +738,9 @@ extern "C" int stat(const char *path, struct stat *buf)
 	if (!path)
 		return Errno(EFAULT);
 
+	if (path[0] == '\0')
+		return Errno(ENOENT);
+
 	try {
 		Absolute_path resolved_path;
 		resolve_symlinks(path, resolved_path);
@@ -724,6 +757,9 @@ extern "C" int symlink(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath)
 	if (!oldpath || !newpath)
 		return Errno(EFAULT);
 
+	if ((oldpath[0] == '\0') || (newpath[0] == '\0'))
+		return Errno(ENOENT);
+
 	try {
 		Absolute_path resolved_path;
 		resolve_symlinks_except_last_element(newpath, resolved_path);
@@ -739,6 +775,9 @@ extern "C" int unlink(const char *path)
 	if (!path)
 		return Errno(EFAULT);
 
+	if (path[0] == '\0')
+		return Errno(ENOENT);
+
 	try {
 		Absolute_path resolved_path;
 		resolve_symlinks_except_last_element(path, resolved_path);