diff --git a/ietf/tests.py b/ietf/tests.py
index 1142467fe..86fd3f111 100644
--- a/ietf/tests.py
+++ b/ietf/tests.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def get_patterns(module):
 def split_url(url):
     if "?" in url:
         url, args = url.split("?", 1)
-        args = dict([ arg.split("=", 1) for arg in args.split("&") ])
+        args = dict([ arg.split("=", 1) for arg in args.split("&") if "=" in arg ])
     else:
         args = {}
     return url, args