diff --git a/oggenc/platform.c b/oggenc/platform.c
index 6d9f4ef..c63304b 100644
--- a/oggenc/platform.c
+++ b/oggenc/platform.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ int create_directories(char *fn, int isutf8)
         start = start+2;
 #endif
 
-    while((end = strpbrk(start+1, PATH_SEPS)) != NULL)
+    while((end = strpbrk(start + strspn(start, PATH_SEPS), PATH_SEPS)) != NULL)
     {
         int rv;
         memcpy(segment, fn, end-fn);