diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Filesystem.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
index a934fd201f..6fc9b8b5f7 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
@@ -330,8 +330,13 @@ class Filesystem
         // Determine how deep the start path is relative to the common path (ie, "web/bundles" = 2 levels)
         $depth = count($startPathArr) - $index;
 
-        // Repeated "../" for each level need to reach the common path
-        $traverser = str_repeat('../', $depth);
+        // When we need to traverse from the start, and we are starting from a root path, don't add '../'
+        if ('/' === $startPath[0] && 0 === $index && 1 === $depth) {
+            $traverser = '';
+        } else {
+            // Repeated "../" for each level need to reach the common path
+            $traverser = str_repeat('../', $depth);
+        }
 
         $endPathRemainder = implode('/', array_slice($endPathArr, $index));
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Tests/FilesystemTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Tests/FilesystemTest.php
index cd9adee97e..b57610cb81 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Tests/FilesystemTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Tests/FilesystemTest.php
@@ -781,6 +781,8 @@ class FilesystemTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             array('/a/aab/bb', '/a/aa/', '../aab/bb/'),
             array('/a/aab/bb/', '/a/aa', '../aab/bb/'),
             array('/a/aab/bb/', '/a/aa/', '../aab/bb/'),
+            array('/a/aab/bb/', '/', 'a/aab/bb/'),
+            array('/a/aab/bb/', '/b/aab', '../../a/aab/bb/'),
         );
 
         if ('\\' === DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) {