diff --git a/src/js/static-dnr-filtering.js b/src/js/static-dnr-filtering.js
index ccef1e738..c5f0fee5c 100644
--- a/src/js/static-dnr-filtering.js
+++ b/src/js/static-dnr-filtering.js
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ function addToDNR(context, list) {
         sfp.utils.preparser.prune(list.text, env)
     );
     const parser = new sfp.AstFilterParser({
+        toDNR: true,
         nativeCssHas: env.includes('native_css_has'),
         badTypes: [ sfp.NODE_TYPE_NET_OPTION_NAME_REDIRECTRULE ],
     });
diff --git a/src/js/static-filtering-parser.js b/src/js/static-filtering-parser.js
index 564ec2bd5..181dfc7cf 100644
--- a/src/js/static-filtering-parser.js
+++ b/src/js/static-filtering-parser.js
@@ -697,6 +697,7 @@ export class AstFilterParser {
         this.hasUnicode = false;
         this.hasUppercase = false;
         // Options
+        this.options = options;
         this.interactive = options.interactive || false;
         this.expertMode = options.expertMode || false;
         this.badTypes = new Set(options.badTypes || []);
@@ -1364,7 +1365,7 @@ export class AstFilterParser {
         const clast = exCharCodeAt(pattern, -1);
 
         // Common case: Easylist syntax-based hostname
-        if ( 
+        if (
             hasWildcard === false &&
             c1st === 0x7C /* | */ && c2nd === 0x7C /* | */ &&
             clast === 0x5E /* ^ */ &&
@@ -1478,7 +1479,7 @@ export class AstFilterParser {
 
         // Left anchor
         if ( c1st === 0x7C /* '|' */ ) {
-            if ( pattern.length > 2 && c2nd === 0x7C /* '|' */ ) {
+            if ( c2nd === 0x7C /* '|' */ ) {
                 const type = this.isTokenCharCode(pattern.charCodeAt(2) || 0)
                     ? NODE_TYPE_NET_PATTERN_LEFT_HNANCHOR
                     : NODE_TYPE_IGNORE;
@@ -1486,10 +1487,9 @@ export class AstFilterParser {
                 if ( type === NODE_TYPE_NET_PATTERN_LEFT_HNANCHOR ) {
                     this.addFlags(AST_FLAG_NET_PATTERN_LEFT_HNANCHOR);
                 }
-                prev = this.linkRight(prev, next);
                 patternBeg += 2;
                 pattern = pattern.slice(2);
-            } else if ( pattern.length > 1 ) {
+            } else {
                 const type = this.isTokenCharCode(c2nd)
                     ? NODE_TYPE_NET_PATTERN_LEFT_ANCHOR
                     : NODE_TYPE_IGNORE;
@@ -1497,14 +1497,17 @@ export class AstFilterParser {
                 if ( type === NODE_TYPE_NET_PATTERN_LEFT_ANCHOR ) {
                     this.addFlags(AST_FLAG_NET_PATTERN_LEFT_ANCHOR);
                 }
-                prev = this.linkRight(prev, next);
                 patternBeg += 1;
                 pattern = pattern.slice(1);
             }
+            prev = this.linkRight(prev, next);
+            if ( patternBeg === patternEnd ) {
+                this.addNodeFlags(next, NODE_FLAG_IGNORE);
+            }
         }
 
         // Right anchor
-        if ( clast === 0x7C /* | */ && pattern.length >= 2 ) {
+        if ( exCharCodeAt(pattern, -1) === 0x7C /* | */ ) {
             const type = exCharCodeAt(pattern, -2) !== 0x2A /* * */
                 ? NODE_TYPE_NET_PATTERN_RIGHT_ANCHOR
                 : NODE_TYPE_IGNORE;
@@ -1514,6 +1517,9 @@ export class AstFilterParser {
             }
             patternEnd -= 1;
             pattern = pattern.slice(0, -1);
+            if ( patternEnd === patternBeg ) {
+                this.addNodeFlags(tail, NODE_FLAG_IGNORE);
+            }
         }
 
         // Ignore pointless leading wildcards
diff --git a/src/js/static-net-filtering.js b/src/js/static-net-filtering.js
index 39faa27c3..5ed23ad38 100644
--- a/src/js/static-net-filtering.js
+++ b/src/js/static-net-filtering.js
@@ -3817,6 +3817,8 @@ class FilterCompiler {
             parsedBlock.modifyType = undefined;
             parsedBlock.optionUnitBits &= ~this.REDIRECT_BIT;
             parsedBlock.compileToFilter(writer);
+            // Do not generate block rule when compiling to DNR ruleset
+            if ( parser.options.toDNR ) { return true; }
         }
 
         this.compileToFilter(writer);