diff --git a/lib/secure-streams/system/auth-api.amazon.com/auth.c b/lib/secure-streams/system/auth-api.amazon.com/auth.c
index bcb87c1ad..32ba6b3b0 100644
--- a/lib/secure-streams/system/auth-api.amazon.com/auth.c
+++ b/lib/secure-streams/system/auth-api.amazon.com/auth.c
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ ss_api_amazon_auth_state(void *userobj, void *sh, lws_ss_constate_t state,
 		/* fallthru */
 	case LWSSSCS_CONNECTING:
 		s = lws_system_blob_get_size(ab);
+		if (!s)
+			lwsl_debug("%s: no auth blob\n", __func__);
 		lws_ss_request_tx_len(m->ss, (unsigned long)s);
 		m->pos = 0;
 		break;