diff --git a/server/modules/routing/binlogrouter/blr.c b/server/modules/routing/binlogrouter/blr.c
index 843c7d04e..1a4f2eedb 100644
--- a/server/modules/routing/binlogrouter/blr.c
+++ b/server/modules/routing/binlogrouter/blr.c
@@ -1098,6 +1098,8 @@ createInstance(SERVICE *service, char **options)
 
                 /* Force STOPPED state */
                 inst->master_state = BLRM_SLAVE_STOPPED;
+                /* Set current binlog file to empy value */
+                *inst->binlog_name = 0;
                 /* Set mysql_errno and error message */
                 inst->m_errno = BINLOG_FATAL_ERROR_READING;
                 inst->m_errmsg = MXS_STRDUP_A("HY000 Cannot find any GTID"
diff --git a/server/modules/routing/binlogrouter/blr_master.c b/server/modules/routing/binlogrouter/blr_master.c
index 398367d70..403eb74d3 100644
--- a/server/modules/routing/binlogrouter/blr_master.c
+++ b/server/modules/routing/binlogrouter/blr_master.c
@@ -3370,7 +3370,26 @@ static bool blr_handle_missing_files(ROUTER_INSTANCE *router,
     {
         return false;
     }
+    if (router->fileroot)
+    {
+        MXS_FREE(router->fileroot);
+    }
+    /* set filestem */
+    router->fileroot = MXS_STRNDUP_A(new_file, fptr - new_file);
+
     new_fseqno = atol(fptr + 1);
+
+    if (!*router->binlog_name)
+    {
+        MXS_INFO("Fake ROTATE_EVENT comes with %s log file."
+                 " Current router binlog file has not been set yet."
+                 " Skipping creation of empty files"
+                 " before sequence %" PRIu32 "",
+                 new_file,
+                 new_fseqno);
+        return true;
+    }
+
     if (*router->binlog_name &&
         (fptr = strrchr(router->binlog_name, '.')) == NULL)
     {