diff --git a/react/features/base/util/parseURLParams.ts b/react/features/base/util/parseURLParams.ts
index e02d6086ce..c420e9ec5c 100644
--- a/react/features/base/util/parseURLParams.ts
+++ b/react/features/base/util/parseURLParams.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ export function parseURLParams(
         url: URL | string,
         dontParse = false,
         source = 'hash') {
+    if (!url) {
+        return {};
+    }
+
     if (typeof url === 'string') {
         // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
         url = new URL(url);