1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 9bb1a10f229..a05dbd5f221 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -1922,7 +1922,7 @@ duplicates what `expand-file-name' does.")
          || IS_DIRECTORY_SEP (p[0])
 #endif /* not (APOLLO || WINDOWSNT) */
          )
-        && p != nm && IS_DIRECTORY_SEP (p[-1]))
+        && p != xnm && IS_DIRECTORY_SEP (p[-1]))
       xnm = p;
 #ifdef DOS_NT
     else if (IS_DRIVE (p[0]) && p[1] == ':'