diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index abb5a79afc..9cf7e714a9 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -1123,8 +1123,10 @@ sub dispatch {
 	if (!defined $action) {
 		if (defined $hash) {
 			$action = git_get_type($hash);
+			$action or die_error(404, "Object does not exist");
 		} elsif (defined $hash_base && defined $file_name) {
 			$action = git_get_type("$hash_base:$file_name");
+			$action or die_error(404, "File or directory does not exist");
 		} elsif (defined $project) {
 			$action = 'summary';
 		} else {
@@ -2391,7 +2393,7 @@ sub get_feed_info {
 	return unless (defined $project);
 	# some views should link to OPML, or to generic project feed,
 	# or don't have specific feed yet (so they should use generic)
-	return if ($action =~ /^(?:tags|heads|forks|tag|search)$/x);
+	return if (!$action || $action =~ /^(?:tags|heads|forks|tag|search)$/x);
 
 	my $branch;
 	# branches refs uses 'refs/heads/' prefix (fullname) to differentiate
diff --git a/t/t9500-gitweb-standalone-no-errors.sh b/t/t9500-gitweb-standalone-no-errors.sh
index ab24917812..0f771c673d 100755
--- a/t/t9500-gitweb-standalone-no-errors.sh
+++ b/t/t9500-gitweb-standalone-no-errors.sh
@@ -474,6 +474,14 @@ test_expect_success \
 	'path_info: project/branch:dir/' \
 	'gitweb_run "" "/.git/master:foo/"'
 
+test_expect_success \
+	'path_info: project/branch (non-existent)' \
+	'gitweb_run "" "/.git/non-existent"'
+
+test_expect_success \
+	'path_info: project/branch:filename (non-existent branch)' \
+	'gitweb_run "" "/.git/non-existent:non-existent"'
+
 test_expect_success \
 	'path_info: project/branch:file (non-existent)' \
 	'gitweb_run "" "/.git/master:non-existent"'