diff --git a/Source/NSString.m b/Source/NSString.m
index 919249a51..a867d6f05 100644
--- a/Source/NSString.m
+++ b/Source/NSString.m
@@ -3543,18 +3543,19 @@ static NSFileManager *fm = nil;
 	{
 	  if (pathSepMember(buf[aLength]) == YES)
 	    {
+	      buf[aLength] = '/';	// Standardise
 	      if (pathSepMember(buf[aLength-1]) == YES)
 		{
 		  unsigned	pos;
+		  unsigned	n = 1;
 
+		  buf[aLength-1] = '/';	// Standardise
 		  for (pos = aLength+1; pos < length; pos++)
 		    {
 		      buf[pos-1] = buf[pos];
 		    }
 		  length--;
-	          aLength--;
 		}
-	      buf[aLength] = '/';	// Standardise
 	    }
 	  aLength--;
 	}