diff --git a/src/file.cpp b/src/file.cpp
index 4d5d7da74..7931255ad 100644
--- a/src/file.cpp
+++ b/src/file.cpp
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		int i = 0;
 		// match the xx:\ or xx:/ form
 		while (f[i] && is_alpha(f[i])) ++i;
-		if (i < int(f.size()-2) && f[i] == ':' && (f[i+1] == '\\' || f[i+1] == '/'))
+		if (i < int(f.size()-1) && f[i] == ':' && (f[i+1] == '\\' || f[i+1] == '/'))
 			return true;
 
 		// match the \\ form
diff --git a/test/test_primitives.cpp b/test/test_primitives.cpp
index 4f384adf5..b6004b32c 100644
--- a/test/test_primitives.cpp
+++ b/test/test_primitives.cpp
@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@ int test_main()
 #endif
 
 #ifdef TORRENT_WINDOWS
+	TEST_EQUAL(is_complete("c:\\"), true);
 	TEST_EQUAL(is_complete("c:\\foo\\bar"), true);
 	TEST_EQUAL(is_complete("\\\\foo\\bar"), true);
 	TEST_EQUAL(is_complete("foo/bar"), false);