diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index f65841b54..62e112b27 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-12-20  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
+
+	* path.cc (normalize_win32_path): Remove unneeded check for dots.
+
 2004-12-20  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
 
 	* path.cc (normalize_posix_path): Remove unneeded check for dots.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
index f1c25c4c8..87f3c7a02 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
@@ -1010,7 +1010,9 @@ normalize_win32_path (const char *src, char *dst, char *&tail)
 	       /* dst must be greater than dst_start */
 	       && tail[-1] == '\\')
 	{
-	  if (isdirsep (src[2]) || src[2] == 0)
+	  if (!isdirsep (src[2]) && src[2] != '\0')
+	      *tail++ = *src++;
+	  else
 	    {
 	      /* Back up over /, but not if it's the first one.  */
 	      if (tail > dst + 1)
@@ -1022,13 +1024,6 @@ normalize_win32_path (const char *src, char *dst, char *&tail)
 	      if (isdirsep (*src))
 		src++;
 	    }
-	  else
-	    {
-	      int n = strspn (src, ".");
-	      if (!src[n] || isdirsep (src[n])) /* just dots... */
-		return ENOENT;
-	      *tail++ = *src++;
-	    }
 	}
       /* Otherwise, add char to result.  */
       else