diff --git a/pear/DB.php b/pear/DB.php
index 8cf40dd9c31..1b37ccce7d7 100644
--- a/pear/DB.php
+++ b/pear/DB.php
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ class DB
 	    $dsn = $arr[1];
         }
 
-        if (preg_match("|^([^:]+):([^@]+)@?(.*)$|", $dsn, $arr)) {
+        if (preg_match("|^([^:]+):([^@]*)@?(.*)$|", $dsn, $arr)) {
 	    $parsed["username"] = urldecode($arr[1]);
 	    $parsed["password"] = urldecode($arr[2]);
 	    $dsn = $arr[3];