diff --git a/_test/tests/inc/utf8_basename.test.php b/_test/tests/inc/utf8_basename.test.php
index 1cb5b56063fb69bdf43c343ec32e512db750f3f4..62d0060884e55aa4ff0524ad353a0bc1b99f4084 100644
--- a/_test/tests/inc/utf8_basename.test.php
+++ b/_test/tests/inc/utf8_basename.test.php
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ class utf8_basename_test extends DokuWikiTest {
             array('\\this\\foo\\ДокуВики.test.Вик', '.Вик', 'ДокуВики.test'),
             array('/this\\foo/ДокуВики.test.Вик',   '.Вик', 'ДокуВики.test'),
             array('/this/foo\\ДокуВики.test.Вик',   '.Вик', 'ДокуВики.test'),
+
+            array('bar.test.png', '', 'bar.test.png'),
+            array('bar.test.png', '.png', 'bar.test'),
         );
 
         foreach($data as $test){
diff --git a/inc/utf8.php b/inc/utf8.php
index 227fa830af8847f17087527169650541faa2846a..273c344c663a9fe477dabc069127be464f310a9b 100644
--- a/inc/utf8.php
+++ b/inc/utf8.php
@@ -92,14 +92,14 @@ if(!function_exists('utf8_basename')){
      */
     function utf8_basename($path, $suffix=''){
         $rpos = max(strrpos($path, '/'), strrpos($path, '\\'));
-        $file = substr($path, $rpos+1);
+        if($rpos) $path = substr($path, $rpos+1);
 
         $suflen = strlen($suffix);
-        if($suflen && (substr($file, -$suflen) == $suffix)){
-            $file = substr($file, 0, -$suflen);
+        if($suflen && (substr($path, -$suflen) == $suffix)){
+            $path = substr($path, 0, -$suflen);
         }
 
-        return $file;
+        return $path;
     }
 }