diff --git a/libtransmission/metainfo.c b/libtransmission/metainfo.c
index e42eef030..5d7c053b4 100644
--- a/libtransmission/metainfo.c
+++ b/libtransmission/metainfo.c
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ static bool
 path_is_suspicious (const char * path)
 {
   return (path == NULL)
-      || (strstr (path, "../") != NULL);
+      || (!strncmp (path, "../", 3))
+      || (strstr (path, "/../") != NULL);
 }
 
 static bool