diff --git a/activemq-web/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/web/MessageServletSupport.java b/activemq-web/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/web/MessageServletSupport.java
index 23f9311b00..7d3b58ba8c 100644
--- a/activemq-web/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/web/MessageServletSupport.java
+++ b/activemq-web/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/web/MessageServletSupport.java
@@ -305,7 +305,9 @@ public abstract class MessageServletSupport extends HttpServlet {
         } else {
             isTopic = isTopic(request);
         }
-        destinationName = destinationName.substring(destinationName.indexOf("://") + 3);
+        if (destinationName.indexOf("://") != -1) {
+            destinationName = destinationName.substring(destinationName.indexOf("://") + 3);
+        }
 
         if (destinationOptions != null) {
             destinationName += "?" + destinationOptions;