1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/git-cvsserver.perl b/git-cvsserver.perl
index 28041060c..13751db88 100755
--- a/git-cvsserver.perl
+++ b/git-cvsserver.perl
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ sub req_Directory
     $state->{localdir} = $data;
     $state->{repository} = $repository;
     $state->{path} = $repository;
-    $state->{path} =~ s/^$state->{CVSROOT}\///;
+    $state->{path} =~ s/^\Q$state->{CVSROOT}\E\///;
     $state->{module} = $1 if ($state->{path} =~ s/^(.*?)(\/|$)//);
     $state->{path} .= "/" if ( $state->{path} =~ /\S/ );