diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index e5910ce8f93..c4d3e0846a5 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -780,10 +780,10 @@ sub evaluate_path_info {
 		'history',
 	);
 
-	# we want to catch
+	# we want to catch, among others
 	# [$hash_parent_base[:$file_parent]..]$hash_parent[:$file_name]
 	my ($parentrefname, $parentpathname, $refname, $pathname) =
-		($path_info =~ /^(?:(.+?)(?::(.+))?\.\.)?(.+?)(?::(.+))?$/);
+		($path_info =~ /^(?:(.+?)(?::(.+))?\.\.)?([^:]+?)?(?::(.+))?$/);
 
 	# first, analyze the 'current' part
 	if (defined $pathname) {