1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index cf972f41d..585f0629f 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
         /* TODO: This is the same as in ar, separate function ? */
         while (optind < argc) {
                 char *filename_ptr = last_char_is(argv[optind], '/');
-                if (filename_ptr) {
+                if (filename_ptr > argv[optind]) {
                         *filename_ptr = '\0';
                 }
                 tar_handle->accept = llist_add_to(tar_handle->accept, argv[optind]);