diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 28d3e41c9..15fd56227 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-06-02  Francesco Lavra  <francescolavra.fl@gmail.com>
+
+	* grub-core/kern/corecmd.c (grub_core_cmd_ls): Fix handling of paths
+	without a device name.
+
 2013-06-07  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	Remove enable_executable_check as it's not needed anymore.
diff --git a/grub-core/kern/corecmd.c b/grub-core/kern/corecmd.c
index e1bb4832e..bee216649 100644
--- a/grub-core/kern/corecmd.c
+++ b/grub-core/kern/corecmd.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ grub_core_cmd_ls (struct grub_command *cmd __attribute__ ((unused)),
 
       fs = grub_fs_probe (dev);
       path = grub_strchr (argv[0], ')');
-      if (! *path)
+      if (! path)
 	path = argv[0];
       else
 	path++;