diff --git a/apache2/re_operators.c b/apache2/re_operators.c
index 9d815cf1..fadb7d03 100644
--- a/apache2/re_operators.c
+++ b/apache2/re_operators.c
@@ -1016,6 +1016,13 @@ const char *gsb_reduce_char(modsec_rec *msr, const char *domain) {
                 if(*ptr == '.')
                     skip = 1;
 
+                ptr--;
+                break;
+            case '/':
+                ptr++;
+                if(*ptr == '/')
+                    skip = 1;
+
                 ptr--;
                 break;
         }