diff --git a/tree.go b/tree.go
index 456464618b..878023d1cf 100644
--- a/tree.go
+++ b/tree.go
@@ -351,7 +351,10 @@ func (n *node) insertChild(path string, fullPath string, handlers HandlersChain)
 		}
 
 		if len(n.path) > 0 && n.path[len(n.path)-1] == '/' {
-			pathSeg := strings.SplitN(n.children[0].path, "/", 2)[0]
+			pathSeg := ""
+			if len(n.children) != 0 {
+				pathSeg = strings.SplitN(n.children[0].path, "/", 2)[0]
+			}
 			panic("catch-all wildcard '" + path +
 				"' in new path '" + fullPath +
 				"' conflicts with existing path segment '" + pathSeg +
diff --git a/tree_test.go b/tree_test.go
index aacc914cf9..c9b03130b6 100644
--- a/tree_test.go
+++ b/tree_test.go
@@ -417,6 +417,8 @@ func TestTreeWildcardConflict(t *testing.T) {
 		{"/user_:name", false},
 		{"/id:id", false},
 		{"/id/:id", false},
+		{"/static/*file", false},
+		{"/static/", true},
 	}
 	testRoutes(t, routes)
 }