Potters star Xherdan Shaqiri opened the scoring shortly before half-time, before the England international turned a cross into his own net
JACK BUTLAND’S own-goal howler gifted Leicester the point they deserved.
Xherdan Shaqiri’s first-half goal, his third in three consecutive Premier League matches, was close to ending Stoke’s eight-game run without a win.
But Stoke goalkeeper Butland allowed a cross by Marc Alrbrighton to hit him and ricochet into the net with 20 minutes to go.
The England international made some amends by saving well from Riyad Mahrez and Harry Maguire to deny Leicester a winner.
But the home side were worth a point in a match which otherwise did little to warm the cockles on a freezing day.
Leicester fell behind having been the better side going forward in the first half but without ever really threatening to score.
They had plenty of possession and a number of corners, but the Stoke defence coped well with a barrage of crosses, winning most of the aerial duels.
The closest the home side came to breaking the deadlock was a second-minute effort over the bar by Matty James.
At the other end, until Shaqiri’s moment of magic, the visitors had failed to trouble Kasper Schmeichel beyond a low shot by Badou Ndiaye in the 13th minute that the Leicester goalkeeper saw all the way.
But shortly before the break, Joe Allen robbed Wilfred Ndidi on the touchline and fed the Swiss, who advanced unchallenged before curling a shot past Schmeichel from just outside the D.
Leicester came out quickly and Albrighton got to the byline only for his cut-back to be intercepted.
But Shaqiri could have doubled his and Stoke’s tally when a poor Schmeichel clearance broke to him and he fired just wide from 40 yards.
Home boss Claude Puel had seen enough after an hour and made an attacking double substitution, bringing on Fousseni Diabate and Kelechi Iheanacho.
Soon afterwards Stoke manager Paul Lambert gave a first-team debut to Tyrese Campbell, the 18-year-old son of former Arsenal and Everton striker Kevin.
But it was Butland who made the difference and not in the way he would want.
Mahrez fed Albrighton and the Stoke goalkeeper was probably distracted by Vardy’s near-post run so that when neither the Leicester striker nor visiting full back Moritz Bauer made contact with the ball, Butland was taken by surprise and diverted it into his own net.
He composed himself to palm away superbly Mahrez’s curling effort and then to tip Maguire's effort onto the post.
Campbell could have snatched all three points for Stoke but did not read Shaqiri's cross when the visitors broke with seven minutes left.
Then Mahrez seemed certain to claim a late winner when a defensive error left him through on goal but Kurt Zouma and Butland denied him.
Finally Matty James' header from a Mahrez cross came back off the post in a frantic end to the match.