diff --git a/src/core/load-fragment.c b/src/core/load-fragment.c
index 0fff986c74..2399089492 100644
--- a/src/core/load-fragment.c
+++ b/src/core/load-fragment.c
@@ -5600,7 +5600,7 @@ int config_parse_bpf_foreign_program(
         r = extract_first_word(&rvalue, &word, ":", 0);
         if (r == -ENOMEM)
                 return log_oom();
-        if (r <= 0) {
+        if (r <= 0 || isempty(rvalue)) {
                 log_syntax(unit, LOG_WARNING, filename, line, r, "Failed to parse foreign BPF program, ignoring: %s", rvalue);
                 return 0;
         }
diff --git a/test/fuzz/fuzz-unit-file/oss-fuzz-33270 b/test/fuzz/fuzz-unit-file/oss-fuzz-33270
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84f1da44c5
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