1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/vms/vms.c b/vms/vms.c
index 2a989c8b8e..4547a2de92 100644
--- a/vms/vms.c
+++ b/vms/vms.c
@@ -8402,8 +8402,7 @@ static char *int_tovmsspec
           return rslt;
       }
   }
-
-  if (*(dirend+1) == '.') {  /* do we have trailing "/." or "/.." or "/..."? */
+  else if (*(dirend+1) == '.') {  /* do we have trailing "/." or "/.." or "/..."? */
     if (!*(dirend+2)) dirend +=2;
     if (*(dirend+2) == '.' && !*(dirend+3)) dirend += 3;
     if (decc_efs_charset == 0) {