diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/metrics/DefaultMetricsTagProvider.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/metrics/DefaultMetricsTagProvider.java
index f37293ce..6d3e96ff 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/metrics/DefaultMetricsTagProvider.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/metrics/DefaultMetricsTagProvider.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
 import org.springframework.http.HttpRequest;
 import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpResponse;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerMapping;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
@@ -67,6 +68,9 @@ public class DefaultMetricsTagProvider implements MetricsTagProvider {
 		if (uri == null) {
 			uri = request.getPathInfo();
 		}
+		if (!StringUtils.hasText(uri)) {
+			uri = "/";
+		}
 		uri = sanitizeUrlTemplate(uri.substring(1));
 		tags.put("uri", uri.isEmpty() ? "root" : uri);