diff --git a/src/NuGetGallery.Core/Infrastructure/TableErrorLog.cs b/src/NuGetGallery.Core/Infrastructure/TableErrorLog.cs
index 314f16a220..8cefe9c7f1 100644
--- a/src/NuGetGallery.Core/Infrastructure/TableErrorLog.cs
+++ b/src/NuGetGallery.Core/Infrastructure/TableErrorLog.cs
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public override string Log(Error error)
             return pos.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
         }
 
-        private void Obfuscate(Error error)
+        public static void Obfuscate(Error error)
         {
             error.User = string.Empty;
             if (error.Form != null)
@@ -218,10 +218,19 @@ private void Obfuscate(Error error)
 
             error.ServerVariables["HTTP_X_NUGET_APIKEY"] = string.Empty;
 
-            var forwardedIps = error.ServerVariables["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"].Split(',');
-            var obfuscatedIps = forwardedIps.Select(Obfuscator.ObfuscateIp);
-
-            error.ServerVariables["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"] = string.Join(",", obfuscatedIps);
+            var forwardedIps = error.ServerVariables["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"]?
+                .Split(',')
+                .Select(x => x.Trim())
+                .Where(x => x.Length > 0)
+                .ToList();
+            if (forwardedIps != null)
+            {
+                var obfuscatedIps = string.Join(",", forwardedIps.Select(Obfuscator.ObfuscateIp));
+                if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(obfuscatedIps))
+                {
+                    error.ServerVariables["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"] = obfuscatedIps;
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/NuGetGallery.Core.Facts/Infrastructure/TableErrorLogFacts.cs b/tests/NuGetGallery.Core.Facts/Infrastructure/TableErrorLogFacts.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31bf7d1aae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/NuGetGallery.Core.Facts/Infrastructure/TableErrorLogFacts.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using System.Linq;
+using Elmah;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace NuGetGallery.Infrastructure
+{
+    public class TableErrorLogFacts
+    {
+        public class TheObfuscateMethod
+        {
+            [Fact]
+            public void HandlesMissingForwardedHeader()
+            {
+                // Arrange
+                var error = new Error();
+
+                // Act
+                TableErrorLog.Obfuscate(error);
+
+                // Assert
+                Assert.DoesNotContain("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR", error.ServerVariables.Keys.Cast<string>());
+            }
+
+            [Theory]
+            [InlineData("", "")]
+            [InlineData(",", ",")]
+            [InlineData(" ", " ")]
+            [InlineData("127.0.0.1", "127.0.0.0")]
+            [InlineData("127.1.2.3,127.1.2.4", "127.1.2.0,127.1.2.0")]
+            [InlineData("127.1.2.3   ,  127.1.2.4", "127.1.2.0,127.1.2.0")]
+            public void ObfuscatesForwardedHeader(string input, string expected)
+            {
+                // Arrange
+                var error = new Error();
+                error.ServerVariables["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"] = input;
+
+                // Act
+                TableErrorLog.Obfuscate(error);
+
+                // Assert
+                Assert.Equal(expected, error.ServerVariables["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"]);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/NuGetGallery.Core.Facts/NuGetGallery.Core.Facts.csproj b/tests/NuGetGallery.Core.Facts/NuGetGallery.Core.Facts.csproj
index a72654dc5e..b208be8933 100644
--- a/tests/NuGetGallery.Core.Facts/NuGetGallery.Core.Facts.csproj
+++ b/tests/NuGetGallery.Core.Facts/NuGetGallery.Core.Facts.csproj
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Infrastructure\Mail\Messages\SymbolPackageValidationFailedMessageFacts.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Infrastructure\Mail\Messages\SymbolPackageValidationTakingTooLongMessageFacts.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Infrastructure\Mail\TestMessageServiceConfiguration.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Infrastructure\TableErrorLogFacts.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Packaging\ManifestValidatorFacts.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Packaging\PackageIdValidatorTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Packaging\PackageMetadataFacts.cs" />