diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5fdd4bde3..66b18c1fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ continue sending logs to /var/log/telegraf/telegraf.log.
 - [#1731](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1731): Fix Graphite template ordering, use most specific.
 - [#1836](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1836): Fix snmp table field initialization for non-automatic table.
 - [#1724](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1724): cgroups path being parsed as metric.
+- [#1886](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1886): Fix phpfpm fcgi client panic when URL does not exist.
 
 ## v1.0.1 [2016-09-26]
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/phpfpm/phpfpm.go b/plugins/inputs/phpfpm/phpfpm.go
index 3b23ef92c..d7a14d0ee 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/phpfpm/phpfpm.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/phpfpm/phpfpm.go
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ func (g *phpfpm) gatherServer(addr string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 		fcgiIp := socketAddr[0]
 		fcgiPort, _ := strconv.Atoi(socketAddr[1])
 		fcgi, err = newFcgiClient(fcgiIp, fcgiPort)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 		if len(u.Path) > 1 {
 			statusPath = strings.Trim(u.Path, "/")
 		} else {