diff --git a/kernel/dosnames.c b/kernel/dosnames.c
index 9fa1108..18e2735 100644
--- a/kernel/dosnames.c
+++ b/kernel/dosnames.c
@@ -116,8 +116,6 @@ int ParseDosName(const char *filename, char *fcbname, BOOL bAllowWildcards)
     {
       if (*filename != '\0')
         return DE_FILENOTFND;
-      if (nDirCnt == 1)         /* for d:\ */
-        return DE_NFILES;
       memset(fcbname, '?', FNAME_SIZE + FEXT_SIZE);
       return nDirCnt;
     }
diff --git a/kernel/newstuff.c b/kernel/newstuff.c
index 789bfd1..7219177 100644
--- a/kernel/newstuff.c
+++ b/kernel/newstuff.c
@@ -518,8 +518,10 @@ COUNT truename(const char FAR * src, char * dest, COUNT mode)
         if (i & PNE_WILDCARD)
           gotAnyWildcards = TRUE;
         /* strip trailing dot */
-        if ((i & PNE_DOT) && *src != '/' && *src != '\\' && *src != '\0')
+        if ((i & PNE_DOT) && *src != '/' && *src != '\\')
         {
+          if (*src == '\0')
+            continue;
           /* we arrive here only when an extension-dot has been found */
           addChar('.');
           i = parse_name_ext(FEXT_SIZE, &src, &p, dest);