diff --git a/tests/test_url.py b/tests/test_url.py
index 725e9465b..d6c88d44b 100644
--- a/tests/test_url.py
+++ b/tests/test_url.py
@@ -799,6 +799,9 @@ def test_div_with_dots():
         pytest.param(
             "/path/", ("to",), "http://example.com/path/to", id="path-with-slash"
         ),
+        pytest.param(
+            "/path", ("",), "http://example.com/path/", id="path-add-trailing-slash"
+        ),
         pytest.param(
             "/path?a=1#frag",
             ("to",),
@@ -806,6 +809,15 @@ def test_div_with_dots():
             id="cleanup-query-and-fragment",
         ),
         pytest.param("", ("path/",), "http://example.com/path/", id="trailing-slash"),
+        pytest.param(
+            "",
+            (
+                "path",
+                "",
+            ),
+            "http://example.com/path/",
+            id="trailing-slash-empty-string",
+        ),
         pytest.param(
             "", ("path/", "to/"), "http://example.com/path/to/", id="duplicate-slash"
         ),
diff --git a/yarl/_url.py b/yarl/_url.py
index 9cca27ef8..f7ee3bf1a 100644
--- a/yarl/_url.py
+++ b/yarl/_url.py
@@ -718,9 +718,7 @@ def _make_child(self, segments, encoded=False):
         # keep the trailing slash if the last segment ends with /
         parsed = [""] if segments and segments[-1][-1:] == "/" else []
         for seg in reversed(segments):
-            if not seg:
-                continue
-            if seg[0] == "/":
+            if seg and seg[0] == "/":
                 raise ValueError(
                     f"Appending path {seg!r} starting from slash is forbidden"
                 )