1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index f683f8ba49..b00821f294 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -1388,18 +1388,25 @@ int match_pathname(const char *pathname, int pathlen,
 
 		if (fspathncmp(pattern, name, prefix))
 			return 0;
-		pattern += prefix;
-		patternlen -= prefix;
-		name    += prefix;
-		namelen -= prefix;
 
 		/*
 		 * If the whole pattern did not have a wildcard,
 		 * then our prefix match is all we need; we
 		 * do not need to call fnmatch at all.
 		 */
-		if (!patternlen && !namelen)
+		if (patternlen == prefix && namelen == prefix)
 			return 1;
+
+		/*
+		 * Retain one character of the prefix to
+		 * pass to fnmatch, which lets it distinguish
+		 * the start of a directory component correctly.
+		 */
+		prefix--;
+		pattern += prefix;
+		patternlen -= prefix;
+		name    += prefix;
+		namelen -= prefix;
 	}
 
 	return fnmatch_icase_mem(pattern, patternlen,