diff --git a/utils/mdldec/utils.c b/utils/mdldec/utils.c
index c888955e..4d6a2254 100644
--- a/utils/mdldec/utils.c
+++ b/utils/mdldec/utils.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ qboolean MakeDirectory( const char *path )
 			// with FS_CreatePath
 #if XASH_WIN32
 		        DWORD   dwFlags = GetFileAttributes( path );
-
 		        return ( dwFlags != -1 ) && ( dwFlags & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY );
 #else
 		        struct stat buf;
@@ -64,6 +63,9 @@ qboolean MakeFullPath( const char *path )
 {
 	char *p = (char *)path, tmp;
 
+	if( *p == '/' )
+		p++;
+
 	for( ; *p; )
 	{
 		p = Q_strpbrk( p, "/\\" );