diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 36910886f1..0e93322f1d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Mon Dec 15 13:06:58 2003  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+Mon Dec 15 13:11:32 2003  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* dir.c (check_dirname): check string safety and remove extraneous
 	  trailing directory separators.  [ruby-dev:22279]
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index e1764c7582..857244180b 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ check_dirname(dir)
     SafeStringValue(*dir);
     rb_secure(2);
     path = RSTRING(*dir)->ptr;
-    if (*(path && pend = rb_path_end(rb_path_skip_prefix(path)))) {
+    if (path && *(pend = rb_path_end(rb_path_skip_prefix(path)))) {
 	*dir = rb_str_new(path, pend - path);
     }
 }