diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 3fd05d912..5b43c3993 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-05-12  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* path.cc (path_conv::check): Don't bail out with error if path is "//".
+
 2004-05-12  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* cygheap.h (struct init_cygheap): Add mt_h member.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
index d40b40f54..4e0b3d802 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ path_conv::check (const char *src, unsigned opt,
 	     not by native NT functions. */
           while (tail[-1] == '.' || tail[-1] == ' ') 
 	    tail--;
-          if (isslash (tail[-1]))
+          if (tail > path_copy + 1 && isslash (tail[-1]))
             {
 	      error = ENOENT;
               return;