diff --git a/Sources/ContainerizationEXT4/EXT4+FileTree.swift b/Sources/ContainerizationEXT4/EXT4+FileTree.swift
index d8fa8cbc1..427e599c7 100644
--- a/Sources/ContainerizationEXT4/EXT4+FileTree.swift
+++ b/Sources/ContainerizationEXT4/EXT4+FileTree.swift
@@ -61,21 +61,8 @@ extension EXT4 {
                     components.append(ptr.pointee.name)
                     _ptr = ptr.pointee.parent
                 }
-                guard let last = components.last else {
-                    return nil
-                }
-                guard components.count > 1 else {
-                    return FilePath(last)
-                }
-                components = components.dropLast()
                 let path = components.reversed().joined(separator: "/")
-                guard let data = path.data(using: .utf8) else {
-                    return nil
-                }
-                guard let dataPath = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) else {
-                    return nil
-                }
-                return FilePath(dataPath).pushing(FilePath(last)).lexicallyNormalized()
+                return FilePath(path).lexicallyNormalized()
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/Tests/ContainerizationEXT4Tests/TestEXT4Reader+IO.swift b/Tests/ContainerizationEXT4Tests/TestEXT4Reader+IO.swift
index 5a7739523..d987d9a00 100644
--- a/Tests/ContainerizationEXT4Tests/TestEXT4Reader+IO.swift
+++ b/Tests/ContainerizationEXT4Tests/TestEXT4Reader+IO.swift
@@ -584,4 +584,47 @@ struct EXT4PathIOTests {
         let all = try r.readFile(at: FilePath("/big/file.bin"))
         #expect(all.count == bigSize)
     }
+
+    @Test
+    func fileTreeNodePathWithAbsoluteRoot() {
+        let tree = EXT4.FileTree(EXT4.RootInode, "/")
+
+        let dirPtr = EXT4.Ptr<EXT4.FileTree.FileTreeNode>.allocate(capacity: 1)
+        dirPtr.initialize(to: EXT4.FileTree.FileTreeNode(inode: 3, name: "dir", parent: tree.root))
+        tree.root.pointee.children.append(dirPtr)
+
+        let filePtr = EXT4.Ptr<EXT4.FileTree.FileTreeNode>.allocate(capacity: 1)
+        filePtr.initialize(to: EXT4.FileTree.FileTreeNode(inode: 4, name: "file", parent: dirPtr))
+        dirPtr.pointee.children.append(filePtr)
+
+        #expect(dirPtr.pointee.path == FilePath("/dir"))
+        #expect(filePtr.pointee.path == FilePath("/dir/file"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    func fileTreeNodePathWithRelativeRoot() {
+        let tree = EXT4.FileTree(EXT4.RootInode, ".")
+
+        let dirPtr = EXT4.Ptr<EXT4.FileTree.FileTreeNode>.allocate(capacity: 1)
+        dirPtr.initialize(to: EXT4.FileTree.FileTreeNode(inode: 3, name: "dir", parent: tree.root))
+        tree.root.pointee.children.append(dirPtr)
+
+        let filePtr = EXT4.Ptr<EXT4.FileTree.FileTreeNode>.allocate(capacity: 1)
+        filePtr.initialize(to: EXT4.FileTree.FileTreeNode(inode: 4, name: "file", parent: dirPtr))
+        dirPtr.pointee.children.append(filePtr)
+
+        #expect(dirPtr.pointee.path == FilePath("dir"))
+        #expect(filePtr.pointee.path == FilePath("dir/file"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    func fileTreeNodePathWithNamedRoot() {
+        let tree = EXT4.FileTree(EXT4.RootInode, "dir")
+
+        let filePtr = EXT4.Ptr<EXT4.FileTree.FileTreeNode>.allocate(capacity: 1)
+        filePtr.initialize(to: EXT4.FileTree.FileTreeNode(inode: 3, name: "file", parent: tree.root))
+        tree.root.pointee.children.append(filePtr)
+
+        #expect(filePtr.pointee.path == FilePath("dir/file"))
+    }
 }