diff --git a/internal/goofys.go b/internal/goofys.go
index b3321d4a..639bf3e9 100644
--- a/internal/goofys.go
+++ b/internal/goofys.go
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jacobsa/fuse/fuseops"
 	"github.com/jacobsa/fuse/fuseutil"
 
-	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 // goofys is a Filey System written in Go. All the backend data is
@@ -464,11 +465,17 @@ func (fs *Goofys) GetXattr(ctx context.Context,
 
 func (fs *Goofys) ListXattr(ctx context.Context,
 	op *fuseops.ListXattrOp) (err error) {
+	var xattrs []string
+
 	fs.mu.RLock()
 	inode := fs.getInodeOrDie(op.Inode)
 	fs.mu.RUnlock()
 
-	xattrs, err := inode.ListXattr()
+	// Do not try to get xattrs for the root inode
+	// Otherwise the path in the S3 request is empty, which is invalid
+	if inode.Id != 1 {
+		xattrs, err = inode.ListXattr()
+	}
 
 	ncopied := 0