1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
index f6b3f7e850..924b4408d5 100644
--- a/attr.c
+++ b/attr.c
@@ -573,7 +573,8 @@ static void prepare_attr_stack(const char *path, int dirlen)
 
 		elem = attr_stack;
 		if (namelen <= dirlen &&
-		    !strncmp(elem->origin, path, namelen))
+		    !strncmp(elem->origin, path, namelen) &&
+		    (!namelen || path[namelen] == '/'))
 			break;
 
 		debug_pop(elem);