diff --git a/src/ftp.c b/src/ftp.c
index ea7621e0..ab6802a6 100644
--- a/src/ftp.c
+++ b/src/ftp.c
@@ -992,9 +992,6 @@ Error in server response, closing control connection.\n"));
 
           /* 2004-09-20 SMS. */
 
-          if (target != targetbuf)
-            xfree (target);
-
         } /* else */
     }
   else /* do not CWD */
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index fb6ec86d..f6af61b3 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ PX_TESTS = \
              Test-E-k-K.px \
              Test-E-k.px \
              Test-ftp.px \
+             Test-ftp-dir.px \
              Test-ftp-pasv-fail.px \
              Test-ftp-bad-list.px \
              Test-ftp-recursive.px \
diff --git a/tests/Test-ftp-dir.px b/tests/Test-ftp-dir.px
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8a3beec5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Test-ftp-dir.px
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use FTPTest;
+
+
+###############################################################################
+
+my $afile = <<EOF;
+Some text.
+EOF
+
+$afile =~ s/\n/\r\n/;
+
+
+# code, msg, headers, content
+my %urls = (
+    '/dir/afile.txt' => {
+        content => $afile,
+    },
+);
+
+my $cmdline = $WgetTest::WGETPATH . " -S ftp://localhost:{{port}}//dir/afile.txt";
+
+my $expected_error_code = 0;
+
+my %expected_downloaded_files = (
+    'afile.txt' => {
+        content => $afile,
+    },
+);
+
+###############################################################################
+
+my $the_test = FTPTest->new (
+                             input => \%urls,
+                             cmdline => $cmdline,
+                             errcode => $expected_error_code,
+                             output => \%expected_downloaded_files);
+exit $the_test->run();
+
+# vim: et ts=4 sw=4