1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/dired.el b/lisp/dired.el
index 8d7c76ab08c..286e7d10dbd 100644
--- a/lisp/dired.el
+++ b/lisp/dired.el
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ directory name and the cdr is the actual files to list.")
                "-[-r][-w].[-r][-w][xs][-r][-w]."
                "-[-r][-w].[-r][-w].[-r][-w][xst]")
              "\\|"))
+(defvar dired-re-perms "-[-r][-w].[-r][-w].[-r][-w].")
 (defvar dired-re-dot "^.* \\.\\.?$")
 
 (defvar dired-subdir-alist nil
@@ -1360,7 +1361,14 @@ Returns the new value of the alist."
           new-dir-name)
       (goto-char (point-min))
       (setq dired-subdir-alist nil)
-      (while (re-search-forward dired-subdir-regexp nil t)
+      (while (and (re-search-forward dired-subdir-regexp nil t)
+                  ;; Avoid taking a file name ending in a colon
+                  ;; as a subdir name.
+                  (not (save-excursion
+                         (goto-char (match-beginning 0))
+                         (beginning-of-line)
+                         (forward-char 2)
+                         (looking-at dired-re-perms))))
         (save-excursion
           (goto-char (match-beginning 1))
           (setq new-dir-name