diff --git a/catalog.c b/catalog.c
index 0d30cb34..977fe1da 100644
--- a/catalog.c
+++ b/catalog.c
@@ -2946,6 +2946,8 @@ xmlLoadCatalogs(const char *pathss) {
 		xmlFree(path);
 	    }
 	}
+	while (*cur == ':')
+	    cur++;
     }
 }