diff --git a/src/regex/glob.c b/src/regex/glob.c
index 5b6ff124..cc9e012f 100644
--- a/src/regex/glob.c
+++ b/src/regex/glob.c
@@ -162,13 +162,6 @@ int glob(const char *restrict pat, int flags, int (*errfunc)(const char *path, i
 	size_t offs = (flags & GLOB_DOOFFS) ? g->gl_offs : 0;
 	int error = 0;
 	
-	if (*p == '/') {
-		for (; *p == '/'; p++);
-		d = "/";
-	} else {
-		d = "";
-	}
-
 	if (!errfunc) errfunc = ignore_err;
 
 	if (!(flags & GLOB_APPEND)) {
@@ -179,6 +172,13 @@ int glob(const char *restrict pat, int flags, int (*errfunc)(const char *path, i
 
 	if (strnlen(p, PATH_MAX+1) > PATH_MAX) return GLOB_NOSPACE;
 
+	if (*p == '/') {
+		for (; *p == '/'; p++);
+		d = "/";
+	} else {
+		d = "";
+	}
+
 	if (*p) error = match_in_dir(d, p, flags, errfunc, &tail);
 	if (error == GLOB_NOSPACE) {
 		freelist(&head);