diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/file/dir.c b/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/file/dir.c
index 848d4f8f543..913243abbe0 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/file/dir.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/file/dir.c
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ ContainsPath(LPCWSTR name)
 {
     if (RtlDetermineDosPathNameType_U(name) != RtlPathTypeRelative) return TRUE;
     if (name[0] != '.') return FALSE;
-    if (name[1] == '/' || name[1] == '\\') return TRUE;
+    if (name[1] == '/' || name[1] == '\\' || name[1] == '\0') return TRUE;
     return (name[1] == '.' && (name[2] == '/' || name[2] == '\\'));
 }