src/nnn.c | 7 ++++++-

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index fde07ea5c9cfee579461658409d5e9eb29017da3..5b4f3ad942635feebe3c091ea33b34aaccb44b5b 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -5084,7 +5084,12 @@ 		if (len <= 0)
 			return;
 
 		g_buf[len] = '\0'; /* Terminate the path read */
-		nextpath = g_buf;
+		if (g_buf[0] == '/') {
+			nextpath = g_buf;
+			len = xstrlen(g_buf);
+			while (--len && (g_buf[len] == '/')) /* Trim all trailing '/' */
+				g_buf[len] = '\0';
+		}
 	} else if (op == 'l') {
 		rmlistpath(); /* Remove last list mode path, if any */
 		nextpath = load_input(fd, *path);