diff --git a/dlls/ntdll/path.c b/dlls/ntdll/path.c
index 78ee9fd51c..84c15a4574 100644
--- a/dlls/ntdll/path.c
+++ b/dlls/ntdll/path.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ ULONG WINAPI RtlIsDosDeviceName_U( PCWSTR dos_name )
     }
 
     end = dos_name + strlenW(dos_name) - 1;
-    if (end >= dos_name && *end == ':') end--;  /* remove trailing ':' */
+    while (end >= dos_name && *end == ':') end--;  /* remove all trailing ':' */
 
     /* find start of file name */
     for (start = end; start >= dos_name; start--)
diff --git a/dlls/ntdll/tests/path.c b/dlls/ntdll/tests/path.c
index 14af1cfe3b..14546f39f8 100644
--- a/dlls/ntdll/tests/path.c
+++ b/dlls/ntdll/tests/path.c
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ static void test_RtlIsDosDeviceName(void)
         { "",              0, 0 },
         { "\\\\foo\\nul",  0, 0 },
         { "c:\\nul:",      6, 6 },
-        { "c:\\nul::",     0, 0 },
+        { "c:\\nul::",     6, 6 },
+        { "c:\\nul::::::", 6, 6 },
         { "c:prn     ",    4, 6 },
         { "c:prn.......",  4, 6 },
         { "c:prn... ...",  4, 6 },