diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/utils/identification.c b/src/libstrongswan/utils/identification.c
index 4176320dc..348da627c 100644
--- a/src/libstrongswan/utils/identification.c
+++ b/src/libstrongswan/utils/identification.c
@@ -921,8 +921,9 @@ identification_t *identification_create_from_string(char *string)
 	}
 	else if (strchr(string, '@') == NULL)
 	{
-		if (streq(string, "%any")
-		||  streq(string, "%any6")
+		if (streq(string, "")
+		||	streq(string, "%any")
+		||	streq(string, "%any6")
 		||	streq(string, "0.0.0.0")
 		||	streq(string, "*")
 		||	streq(string, "::")