diff --git a/autofs-5.0.2-quoted-slash-alone.patch b/autofs-5.0.2-quoted-slash-alone.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76e11dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autofs-5.0.2-quoted-slash-alone.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff --git a/lib/parse_subs.c b/lib/parse_subs.c
+index ad19f34..3627f44 100644
+--- a/lib/parse_subs.c
++++ b/lib/parse_subs.c
+@@ -297,7 +297,8 @@ char *sanitize_path(const char *path, int origlen, unsigned int type, unsigned i
+ 		return NULL;
+ 	}
+ 
+-	if (origlen > 1 && *(cp - 1) == '/')
++	/* Remove trailing / but watch out for a quoted / alone */
++	if (strlen(cp) > 1 && origlen > 1 && *(cp - 1) == '/')
+ 		*(cp - 1) = '\0';
+ 
+ 	return s_path;
diff --git a/autofs.spec b/autofs.spec
index 0c6becc..ad7bd20 100644
--- a/autofs.spec
+++ b/autofs.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Summary: A tool for automatically mounting and unmounting filesystems
 Name: autofs
 Version: 5.0.2
-Release: 6
+Release: 7
 Epoch: 1
 License: GPL
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Patch3: autofs-5.0.2-add-multi-nsswitch-lookup.patch
 Patch4: autofs-5.0.2-fix-offset-dir-create.patch
 Patch5: autofs-5.0.2-quote-exports.patch
 Patch6: autofs-5.0.2-hi-res-time.patch
+Patch7: autofs-5.0.2-quoted-slash-alone.patch 
 Buildroot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: autoconf, hesiod-devel, openldap-devel, bison, flex, libxml2-devel, cyrus-sasl-devel, openssl-devel
 Conflicts: kernel < 2.6.17
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ echo %{version}-%{release} > .version
 %patch4 -p1
 %patch5 -p1
 %patch6 -p1
+%patch7 -p1
 
 %build
 #CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=%{_libdir}
@@ -117,6 +119,9 @@ fi
 %{_libdir}/autofs/
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jul 20 2007 Ian Kent <ikent@redhat.com> - 5.0.2-7
+- fix handling of quoted slash alone (bz 248943).
+
 * Wed Jul 18 2007 Ian Kent <ikent@redhat.com> - 5.0.2-6
 - fix wait time resolution in alarm and state queue handlers (bz 247711).