diff --git a/dlls/user32/dialog.c b/dlls/user32/dialog.c
index b43acf0d979..9607dcc6f1d 100644
--- a/dlls/user32/dialog.c
+++ b/dlls/user32/dialog.c
@@ -1736,6 +1736,7 @@ static INT DIALOG_DlgDirListW( HWND hDlg, LPWSTR spec, INT idLBox,
     {
         WCHAR *p, *p2;
         p = spec;
+        if ((p2 = strchrW( p, ':' ))) p = p2 + 1;
         if ((p2 = strrchrW( p, '\\' ))) p = p2;
         if ((p2 = strrchrW( p, '/' ))) p = p2;
         if (p != spec)