diff --git a/internal/repository/memory.go b/internal/repository/memory.go
index e7870a07a1..3537f58523 100644
--- a/internal/repository/memory.go
+++ b/internal/repository/memory.go
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 package repository
 
 import (
-	"fyne.io/fyne/v2"
-	"fyne.io/fyne/v2/storage"
-	"fyne.io/fyne/v2/storage/repository"
-
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"strings"
+
+	"fyne.io/fyne/v2"
+	"fyne.io/fyne/v2/storage"
+	"fyne.io/fyne/v2/storage/repository"
 )
 
 // declare conformance to interfaces
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ func (m *InMemoryRepository) List(u fyne.URI) ([]fyne.URI, error) {
 		// does not have one.
 		pSplit := strings.Split(p, "/")
 		ncomp := len(pSplit)
-		if p[len(p)-1] == '/' {
+		if len(p) > 0 && p[len(p)-1] == '/' {
 			ncomp--
 		}
 
diff --git a/internal/repository/memory_test.go b/internal/repository/memory_test.go
index 17bb5d0eff..b61b59c1da 100644
--- a/internal/repository/memory_test.go
+++ b/internal/repository/memory_test.go
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ func TestInMemoryRepositoryParsing(t *testing.T) {
 	baz, _ := storage.ParseURI("mem:///baz")
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	assert.NotNil(t, baz)
+
+	empty, _ := storage.ParseURI("mem:")
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.NotNil(t, empty)
 }
 
 func TestInMemoryRepositoryExists(t *testing.T) {
@@ -328,6 +332,7 @@ func TestInMemoryRepositoryListing(t *testing.T) {
 	// set up our repository - it's OK if we already registered it
 	m := NewInMemoryRepository("mem")
 	repository.Register("mem", m)
+	m.Data[""] = []byte{1, 2, 3}
 	m.Data["/foo"] = []byte{1, 2, 3}
 	m.Data["/foo/bar"] = []byte{1, 2, 3}
 	m.Data["/foo/baz/"] = []byte{1, 2, 3}
@@ -346,6 +351,11 @@ func TestInMemoryRepositoryListing(t *testing.T) {
 		stringListing = append(stringListing, u.String())
 	}
 	assert.ElementsMatch(t, []string{"mem:///foo/bar", "mem:///foo/baz/"}, stringListing)
+
+	empty, _ := storage.ParseURI("mem:") // invalid path
+	canList, err = storage.CanList(empty)
+	assert.NotNil(t, err)
+	assert.False(t, canList)
 }
 
 func TestInMemoryRepositoryCreateListable(t *testing.T) {