1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
index 01abfe0e71f..efad151dac8 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
@@ -1042,7 +1042,8 @@ target of the symlink differ."
                   (setq result (concat result "/"))))))
 
           (tramp-message v 4 "True name of `%s' is `%s'" localname result)
-          result)))))
+          (if (string-equal (file-name-nondirectory localname) "")
+              (file-name-as-directory result) result))))))
 
 ;; Basic functions.