diff --git a/src/repository.c b/src/repository.c
index ead058e02b0..ead41fcef81 100644
--- a/src/repository.c
+++ b/src/repository.c
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ static int find_repo(
 					break;
 				}
 			}
-			else if (S_ISREG(st.st_mode) && git__suffixcmp(path.ptr, "/" DOT_GIT) == 0) {
+			else if (S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {
 				error = read_gitfile(&repo_link, path.ptr);
 				if (error < 0)
 					break;