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diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index 8596d9a8390..740e09055bb 100644
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -851,15 +851,20 @@ resulting list of directory names. For an empty path element (i.e.,
a leading or trailing separator, or two adjacent separators), return
nil (meaning `default-directory') as the associated list element."
(when (stringp search-path)
- (let ((spath (substitute-env-vars search-path)))
+ (let ((spath (substitute-env-vars search-path))
+ (double-slash-special-p
+ (memq system-type '(windows-nt cygwin ms-dos))))
(mapcar (lambda (f)
(if (equal "" f) nil
(let ((dir (file-name-as-directory f)))
;; Previous implementation used `substitute-in-file-name'
- ;; which collapse multiple "/" in front. Do the same for
- ;; backward compatibility.
- (if (string-match "\\`/+" dir)
- (substring dir (1- (match-end 0))) dir))))
+ ;; which collapses multiple "/" in front, while
+ ;; preserving double slash where it matters. Do
+ ;; the same for backward compatibility.
+ (if (string-match "\\`//+" dir)
+ (substring dir (- (match-end 0)
+ (if double-slash-special-p 2 1)))
+ dir))))
(split-string spath path-separator)))))
(defun cd-absolute (dir)