diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 9d906649f0a..f5411e3fb3a 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2020-10-05  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	PR 26698
+	* windmc.c (mc_unify_path): Fix typo checking character at end of
+	pathname.
+
 2020-10-05  Samanta Navarro  <ferivoz@riseup.net>
 
 	* doc/binutils.texi: Fix spelling mistakes.
diff --git a/binutils/windmc.c b/binutils/windmc.c
index 98bb3ad6908..3b9d2aa48f1 100644
--- a/binutils/windmc.c
+++ b/binutils/windmc.c
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ mc_unify_path (const char *path)
   hsz = xmalloc (strlen (path) + 2);
   strcpy (hsz, path);
   end = hsz + strlen (hsz);
-  if (hsz[-1] != '/' && hsz[-1] != '\\')
+  if (end[-1] != '/' && end[-1] != '\\')
     strcpy (end, "/");
   while ((end = strchr (hsz, '\\')) != NULL)
     *end = '/';