diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 41d94b90f..a003cf0b0 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2013-07-18  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* path.cc (normalize_posix_path): Start checking path before ".." at
+	dst, rather than at dst_start, otherwise suffer loss of one leading
+	slash in case of UNC paths.
+
 2013-07-17  Christopher Faylor  <me.cygwin2013@cgf.cx>
 
 	* winsup.h (cygbench): Fix declaration to match definition.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
index 6c9bc231e..7f0e5b81f 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
@@ -312,8 +312,8 @@ normalize_posix_path (const char *src, char *dst, char *&tail)
 		  if (check_parent)
 		    {
 		      *tail = 0;
-		      debug_printf ("checking %s before '..'", dst_start);
-		      path_conv head (dst_start);
+		      debug_printf ("checking %s before '..'", dst);
+		      path_conv head (dst);
 		      if (!head.isdir())
 		        return ENOENT;
 		      check_parent = false;