diff --git a/engine/common/common.c b/engine/common/common.c
index a91bc540..37cb38eb 100644
--- a/engine/common/common.c
+++ b/engine/common/common.c
@@ -1576,12 +1576,9 @@ void COM_FileBase (const char *in, char *out, int outlen)
 	while (s > in && *s != '.')
 		s--;
 
-	for (s2 = s ; *s2 && *s2 != '/' ; s2--)
+	for (s2 = s ; s2 > in && *s2 && *s2 != '/' ; s2--)
 		;
 
-	if (in > s2)
-		s2 = in;
-
 	if (s-s2 < 2)
 	{
 		if (s == s2)