diff --git a/vfs/ChangeLog b/vfs/ChangeLog
index 095ed6f8d..8ab3feed2 100644
--- a/vfs/ChangeLog
+++ b/vfs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2001-02-19  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
+	* shared_tar_ext.c (__find_entry): Make sure that the parent is a
+	directory even if the child is not.
+
 	* extfs/mailfs (parse_date): Correctly handle two-digit years
 	between 1970 and 1999.
 
diff --git a/vfs/shared_tar_ext.c b/vfs/shared_tar_ext.c
index 5c3d0ba21..0dcce9f21 100644
--- a/vfs/shared_tar_ext.c
+++ b/vfs/shared_tar_ext.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ __find_entry (struct entry *dir, char *name,
 		    *q = c;
 		    return NULL;
 		}
-		if (c == '/' && !S_ISDIR (pent->inode->mode)){
+		if (!S_ISDIR (pent->inode->mode)){
 		    *q = c;
 		    notadir = 1;
 		    return NULL;