diff --git a/diff-pr.sh b/diff-pr.sh
index c012421a1c..dc627d7b9e 100755
--- a/diff-pr.sh
+++ b/diff-pr.sh
@@ -196,7 +196,9 @@ copy-tar() {
 
 			local globbed
 			# "find: warning: -path ./xxx/ will not match anything because it ends with /."
-			globbed=( $(cd "$dDir" && find -path "./${f%/}") )
+			local findGlobbedPath="${f%/}"
+			findGlobbedPath="${f#./}"
+			globbed=( $(cd "$dDir" && find -path "./$findGlobbedPath") )
 			if [ "${#globbed[@]}" -eq 0 ]; then
 				globbed=( "$f" )
 			fi