diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 689411da8..0183d82c3 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2015-11-26  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* path.cc (symlink_native): Fix index when looking for colon in path.
+
 2015-11-21  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* nlsfuncs.cc (setlocaleinfo): New macro calling __setlocaleinfo.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
index 0c0a21187..ce17c0802 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ symlink_native (const char *oldpath, path_conv &win32_newpath)
 	    prefix strings.  We start counting behind the \\?\ for speed. */
       int num = cnt_bs (win32_oldpath.get_nt_native_path ()->Buffer + 4, c_old);
       if (num < 1		/* locale drive. */
-	  || (win32_oldpath.get_nt_native_path ()->Buffer[6] != L':'
+	  || (win32_oldpath.get_nt_native_path ()->Buffer[5] != L':'
 	      && num < 3))	/* UNC path. */
 	{
 	  /* 3a. No valid common path prefix: Create absolute symlink. */