diff --git a/ceilometer/objectstore/swift_middleware.py b/ceilometer/objectstore/swift_middleware.py
index 1f3891e06..145c383f8 100644
--- a/ceilometer/objectstore/swift_middleware.py
+++ b/ceilometer/objectstore/swift_middleware.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ metadata_headers = X-TEST
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-from swift.common.utils import split_path
+from swift.common.utils import split_path, get_logger
 import webob
 
 REQUEST = webob
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class CeilometerMiddleware(object):
 
     def __init__(self, app, conf):
         self.app = app
+        self.logger = get_logger(conf, log_route='ceilometer')
 
         self.metadata_headers = [h.strip().replace('-', '_').lower()
                                  for h in conf.get(
@@ -100,9 +101,12 @@ class CeilometerMiddleware(object):
                         bytes_sent += len(chunk)
                     yield chunk
             finally:
-                self.publish_sample(env,
-                                    input_proxy.bytes_received,
-                                    bytes_sent)
+                try:
+                    self.publish_sample(env,
+                                        input_proxy.bytes_received,
+                                        bytes_sent)
+                except Exception:
+                    self.logger.exception('Failed to publish samples')
 
         try:
             iterable = self.app(env, my_start_response)
@@ -115,7 +119,7 @@ class CeilometerMiddleware(object):
     def publish_sample(self, env, bytes_received, bytes_sent):
         req = REQUEST.Request(env)
         try:
-            version, account, container, obj = split_path(req.path, 1, 4, True)
+            version, account, container, obj = split_path(req.path, 2, 4, True)
         except ValueError:
             return
         now = timeutils.utcnow().isoformat()
diff --git a/tests/objectstore/test_swift_middleware.py b/tests/objectstore/test_swift_middleware.py
index 6717900b6..ffce02e2d 100644
--- a/tests/objectstore/test_swift_middleware.py
+++ b/tests/objectstore/test_swift_middleware.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 # under the License.
 
 import cStringIO as StringIO
+import mock
 
 from oslo.config import cfg
 from webob import Request
@@ -248,3 +249,24 @@ class TestSwiftMiddleware(base.TestCase):
         list(app(req.environ, self.start_response))
         samples = self.pipeline_manager.pipelines[0].samples
         self.assertEqual(len(samples), 0)
+
+    def test_missing_resource_id(self):
+        app = swift_middleware.CeilometerMiddleware(FakeApp(), {})
+        req = Request.blank('/5.0/',
+                            environ={'REQUEST_METHOD': 'GET'})
+        list(app(req.environ, self.start_response))
+        samples = self.pipeline_manager.pipelines[0].samples
+        self.assertEqual(len(samples), 0)
+
+    @mock.patch.object(swift_middleware.CeilometerMiddleware,
+                       'publish_sample')
+    def test_publish_sample_fail(self, mocked_publish_sample):
+        mocked_publish_sample.side_effect = Exception("a exception")
+        app = swift_middleware.CeilometerMiddleware(FakeApp(body=["test"]), {})
+        req = Request.blank('/1.0/account/container',
+                            environ={'REQUEST_METHOD': 'GET'})
+        resp = list(app(req.environ, self.start_response))
+        samples = self.pipeline_manager.pipelines[0].samples
+        self.assertEqual(len(samples), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(resp, ["test"])
+        mocked_publish_sample.assert_called_once_with(mock.ANY, 0, 4)