diff --git a/swift/common/swob.py b/swift/common/swob.py
index 1a8c6ea630..900767dbbe 100644
--- a/swift/common/swob.py
+++ b/swift/common/swob.py
@@ -467,6 +467,8 @@ class Range(object):
     :param headerval: value of the header as a str
     """
     def __init__(self, headerval):
+        if not headerval:
+            raise ValueError('Invalid Range header: %r' % headerval)
         headerval = headerval.replace(' ', '')
         if not headerval.lower().startswith('bytes='):
             raise ValueError('Invalid Range header: %s' % headerval)
diff --git a/swift/proxy/controllers/base.py b/swift/proxy/controllers/base.py
index 36b98f484e..2bc1ef2718 100644
--- a/swift/proxy/controllers/base.py
+++ b/swift/proxy/controllers/base.py
@@ -1061,6 +1061,7 @@ class ResumingGetter(object):
                 self.app.client_timeout)
             self.app.logger.increment('client_timeouts')
         except GeneratorExit:
+            exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback = exc_info()
             warn = True
             try:
                 req_range = Range(self.backend_headers['Range'])
@@ -1068,11 +1069,12 @@ class ResumingGetter(object):
                 req_range = None
             if req_range and len(req_range.ranges) == 1:
                 begin, end = req_range.ranges[0]
-                if end - begin + 1 == self.bytes_used_from_backend:
-                    warn = False
+                if end is not None and begin is not None:
+                    if end - begin + 1 == self.bytes_used_from_backend:
+                        warn = False
             if not req.environ.get('swift.non_client_disconnect') and warn:
                 self.app.logger.warning(_('Client disconnected on read'))
-            raise
+            six.reraise(exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback)
         except Exception:
             self.app.logger.exception(_('Trying to send to client'))
             raise
diff --git a/test/unit/common/test_swob.py b/test/unit/common/test_swob.py
index f1a11e1fcb..c4b1797c52 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/test_swob.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/test_swob.py
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ class TestRange(unittest.TestCase):
         6. any combination of the above
         """
 
+        _assert_invalid_range(None)
         _assert_invalid_range('nonbytes=foobar,10-2')
         _assert_invalid_range('bytes=5-3')
         _assert_invalid_range('bytes=-')