--- mc-4.6.2/vfs/direntry.c
+++ mc-4.6.2/vfs/direntry.c
@@ -251,7 +251,13 @@
     char * const pathref = g_strdup (a_path);
     char *path = pathref;
 
-    canonicalize_pathname (path);
+    if (strncmp(me->name, "ftpfs", 5) != 0)
+	canonicalize_pathname (path);
+    else {
+	char *p = path + strlen (path) - 1;
+	while (p > path && *p == PATH_SEP)
+	    *p-- = 0;
+    }
 
     while (root) {
 	while (*path == PATH_SEP)	/* Strip leading '/' */
@@ -324,7 +330,13 @@
     if (root->super->root != root)
 	vfs_die ("We have to use _real_ root. Always. Sorry.");
 
-    canonicalize_pathname (path);
+    if (strncmp (me->name, "ftpfs", 5) != 0)
+	canonicalize_pathname (path);
+    else {
+	char *p = path + strlen (path) - 1;
+	while (p > path && *p == PATH_SEP)
+	    *p-- = 0;
+    }
 
     if (!(flags & FL_DIR)) {
 	char *dirname, *name, *save;