diff --git a/lib/private/Http/Client/DnsPinMiddleware.php b/lib/private/Http/Client/DnsPinMiddleware.php
index c6a58972fdd65..5bde20d5cc12b 100644
--- a/lib/private/Http/Client/DnsPinMiddleware.php
+++ b/lib/private/Http/Client/DnsPinMiddleware.php
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ public function addDnsPinning() {
 
 				$targetIps = $this->dnsResolve(idn_to_utf8($hostName), 0);
 
+				if (empty($targetIps)) {
+					throw new LocalServerException('No DNS record found for ' . $hostName);
+				}
+
 				$curlResolves = [];
 
 				foreach ($ports as $port) {