diff --git a/fs/nfs/namespace.c b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
index c8162c660c440bb28eb7e31fbd33ce1b4c3b1438..5551e8ef67fd0b64faa92688a8fa38b05bbb0c78 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ char *nfs_path(char **p, struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, ssize_t buflen,
 		return end;
 	}
 	namelen = strlen(base);
-	if (flags & NFS_PATH_CANONICAL) {
+	if (*end == '/') {
 		/* Strip off excess slashes in base string */
 		while (namelen > 0 && base[namelen - 1] == '/')
 			namelen--;