1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/dirname.c b/dirname.c
index 8313e99c6..935a8313c 100644
--- a/dirname.c
+++ b/dirname.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ extern int dirname_main(int argc, char **argv)
         argv++;
 
         s=*argv+strlen(*argv)-1;
-        while (s != *argv && *s == '/') {
+        while (s > *argv && *s == '/') {
                 *s-- = '\0';
         }
         s = strrchr(*argv, '/');