diff --git a/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/configurator.py b/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/configurator.py
index abe3edede..02602ace6 100644
--- a/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/configurator.py
+++ b/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/configurator.py
@@ -1806,9 +1806,14 @@ def get_file_path(vhost_path):
     """
     # Strip off /files/
     try:
-        avail_fp = vhost_path[7:].split("/")
-    except TypeError:
+        if vhost_path.startswith("/files/"):
+            avail_fp = vhost_path[7:].split("/")
+        else:
+            return None
+    except AttributeError:
+        # If we recieved a None path
         return None
+
     last_good = ""
     # Loop through the path parts and validate after every addition
     for p in avail_fp:
diff --git a/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/tests/configurator_test.py b/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/tests/configurator_test.py
index f8bf7676c..dc953174e 100644
--- a/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/tests/configurator_test.py
+++ b/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/tests/configurator_test.py
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ class MultipleVhostsTest(util.ApacheTest):
     def test_get_bad_path(self):
         from certbot_apache.configurator import get_file_path
         self.assertEqual(get_file_path(None), None)
+        self.assertEqual(get_file_path("nonexistent"), None)
         self.assertEqual(self.config._create_vhost("nonexistent"), None) # pylint: disable=protected-access
 
     def test_bad_servername_alias(self):