diff --git a/g10/ChangeLog b/g10/ChangeLog
index 3c52fea7e..0c0a81331 100644
--- a/g10/ChangeLog
+++ b/g10/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 2008-01-30  Werner Koch  <wk@g10code.com>
 
+	* keydb.c (maybe_create_keyring): Fixed last change.
 	* tdbio.c (tdbio_set_dbname): Also test for forward slash.
 
 2008-01-29  Werner Koch  <wk@g10code.com>
diff --git a/g10/keydb.c b/g10/keydb.c
index 31e809875..3360f6307 100644
--- a/g10/keydb.c
+++ b/g10/keydb.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ maybe_create_keyring (char *filename, int force)
       if (access (filename, F_OK))
         {
           rc = gpg_error_from_syserror ();
-          *last_slash_in_filename = DIRSEP_C;
+          *last_slash_in_filename = save_slash;
           goto leave;
         }
     }