diff --git a/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js b/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js
index 8a53127f..974d6bf6 100644
--- a/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js
+++ b/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 				}
 		
 				relPath = relPath || "";
-				absPath = absPath ? absPath.replace( /^\/|\/?[^\/]*$/g, "" ) : "";
+				absPath = absPath ? absPath.replace( /^\/|(\/[^\/]*|[^\/]+)$/g, "" ) : "";
 		
 				var absStack = absPath ? absPath.split( "/" ) : [],
 					relStack = relPath.split( "/" );