diff --git a/src/rofiles-fuse/main.c b/src/rofiles-fuse/main.c
index 4337f00f..3c910f1f 100644
--- a/src/rofiles-fuse/main.c
+++ b/src/rofiles-fuse/main.c
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ static GHashTable *created_devino_hash = NULL;
 static inline const char *
 ENSURE_RELPATH (const char *path)
 {
-  return path + strspn (path, "/");
+  path = path + strspn (path, "/");
+  if (*path == 0)
+    return ".";
+  return path;
 }
 
 typedef struct {