private void ensureParentsByMerge(final LogicalDatastoreType store, final YangInstanceIdentifier domPath,
final InstanceIdentifier<?> path) {
final YangInstanceIdentifier parentPath = domPath.getParent();
- if (parentPath != null) {
+ if (parentPath != null && !parentPath.isEmpty()) {
final NormalizedNode<?, ?> parentNode = getCodec().instanceIdentifierToNode(parentPath);
getDelegate().merge(store, YangInstanceIdentifier.create(parentNode.getIdentifier()), parentNode);
}