1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/sftp.c b/sftp.c
index 3c7bc64e1..9ab4e9f16 100644
--- a/sftp.c
+++ b/sftp.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: sftp.c,v 1.138 2012/09/18 10:36:12 dtucker Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: sftp.c,v 1.139 2012/09/21 10:53:07 dtucker Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2001-2004 Damien Miller <djm@openbsd.org>
  *
@@ -1699,7 +1699,7 @@ complete_match(EditLine *el, struct sftp_conn *conn, char *remote_path,
 {
         glob_t g;
         char *tmp, *tmp2, ins[3];
-        u_int i, hadglob, pwdlen, len, tmplen, filelen;
+        u_int i, hadglob, pwdlen, len, tmplen, filelen, isabs;
         const LineInfo *lf;
         
         /* Glob from "file" location */
@@ -1708,6 +1708,9 @@ complete_match(EditLine *el, struct sftp_conn *conn, char *remote_path,
         else
                 xasprintf(&tmp, "%s*", file);
 
+        /* Check if the path is absolute. */
+        isabs = tmp[0] == '/';
+
         memset(&g, 0, sizeof(g));
         if (remote != LOCAL) {
                 tmp = make_absolute(tmp, remote_path);
@@ -1742,7 +1745,7 @@ complete_match(EditLine *el, struct sftp_conn *conn, char *remote_path,
                 goto out;
 
         tmp2 = complete_ambiguous(file, g.gl_pathv, g.gl_matchc);
-        tmp = path_strip(tmp2, remote_path);
+        tmp = path_strip(tmp2, isabs ? NULL : remote_path);
         xfree(tmp2);
 
         if (tmp == NULL)