diff --git a/src/solid/devices/backends/udisks2/udisksstorageaccess.cpp b/src/solid/devices/backends/udisks2/udisksstorageaccess.cpp
--- a/src/solid/devices/backends/udisks2/udisksstorageaccess.cpp
+++ b/src/solid/devices/backends/udisks2/udisksstorageaccess.cpp
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@
 
     const QString path = filePath();
 
-    return !path.startsWith(QLatin1String("/media/"))
+    return !path.isEmpty()
+               && !path.startsWith(QLatin1String("/media/"))
                && !path.startsWith(QLatin1String("/run/media/"))
                && !path.startsWith(QDir::homePath());
 }