--- ./uri.c.orig	2024-07-24 09:00:51.000000000 -0500
+++ ./uri.c	2026-09-04 18:09:07.506106509 -0500
@@ -1698,7 +1698,8 @@
     if (str[0] == 0)
 	return(xmlStrdup(str));
     len = xmlStrlen(str);
-    if (!(len > 0)) return(NULL);
+    if (len == 0)
+        return(NULL);
 
     len += 20;
     ret = (xmlChar *) xmlMallocAtomic(len);