diff --git a/ceilometer/objectstore/swift_middleware.py b/ceilometer/objectstore/swift_middleware.py
index 35ae13146..1f3891e06 100644
--- a/ceilometer/objectstore/swift_middleware.py
+++ b/ceilometer/objectstore/swift_middleware.py
@@ -114,7 +114,10 @@ class CeilometerMiddleware(object):
 
     def publish_sample(self, env, bytes_received, bytes_sent):
         req = REQUEST.Request(env)
-        version, account, container, obj = split_path(req.path, 1, 4, True)
+        try:
+            version, account, container, obj = split_path(req.path, 1, 4, True)
+        except ValueError:
+            return
         now = timeutils.utcnow().isoformat()
 
         resource_metadata = {
diff --git a/tests/objectstore/test_swift_middleware.py b/tests/objectstore/test_swift_middleware.py
index f47e3bd1c..6717900b6 100644
--- a/tests/objectstore/test_swift_middleware.py
+++ b/tests/objectstore/test_swift_middleware.py
@@ -240,3 +240,11 @@ class TestSwiftMiddleware(base.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(data.resource_metadata['version'], '1.0')
         self.assertEqual(data.resource_metadata['container'], 'container')
         self.assertEqual(data.resource_metadata['object'], None)
+
+    def test_bogus_path(self):
+        app = swift_middleware.CeilometerMiddleware(FakeApp(), {})
+        req = Request.blank('//v1/account/container',
+                            environ={'REQUEST_METHOD': 'GET'})
+        list(app(req.environ, self.start_response))
+        samples = self.pipeline_manager.pipelines[0].samples
+        self.assertEqual(len(samples), 0)