1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/editors/patch.c b/editors/patch.c
index 1f2a49b66..13785ef46 100644
--- a/editors/patch.c
+++ b/editors/patch.c
@@ -474,19 +474,21 @@ int patch_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 
                                 // We're deleting oldname if new file is /dev/null (before -p)
                                 // or if new hunk is empty (zero context) after patching
-                                if (!strcmp(name, "/dev/null") || !(reverse ? oldsum : newsum))
-                                {
+                                if (!strcmp(name, "/dev/null") || !(reverse ? oldsum : newsum)) {
                                         name = reverse ? newname : oldname;
                                         empty++;
                                 }
 
                                 // handle -p path truncation.
-                                for (i=0, s = name; *s;) {
-                                        if ((option_mask32 & FLAG_PATHLEN) && TT.prefix == i) break;
-                                        if (*(s++)=='/') {
-                                                name = s;
-                                                i++;
-                                        }
+                                for (i = 0, s = name; *s;) {
+                                        if ((option_mask32 & FLAG_PATHLEN) && TT.prefix == i)
+                                                break;
+                                        if (*s++ != '/')
+                                                continue;
+                                        while (*s == '/')
+                                                s++;
+                                        i++;
+                                        name = s;
                                 }
 
                                 if (empty) {