diff --git a/registry/storage/driver/oss/oss.go b/registry/storage/driver/oss/oss.go
index e9e877a5d..09b25ef0f 100644
--- a/registry/storage/driver/oss/oss.go
+++ b/registry/storage/driver/oss/oss.go
@@ -666,10 +666,10 @@ func (d *driver) List(ctx context.Context, path string) ([]string, error) {
 
 	listResponse, err := d.Bucket.List(d.ossPath(path), "/", "", listMax)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, parseError(path, err)
 	}
 
-	if len(listResponse.Contents) == 0 {
+	if len(listResponse.Contents) == 0 && path != "/" {
 		// Treat empty response as missing directory, since we don't actually
 		// have directories in OSS.
 		return nil, storagedriver.PathNotFoundError{Path: path}