diff --git a/samba3/files/samba.init b/samba3/files/samba.init
index 670281197..80db13b3a 100755
--- a/samba3/files/samba.init
+++ b/samba3/files/samba.init
@@ -124,10 +124,11 @@ smb_add_share() {
 	config_get dir_mask $1 dir_mask
 	config_get browseable $1 browseable
 	config_get dirpath $1 dirpath
-	path="$path/$dirpath"
 
 	[ -z "$name" -o -z "$path" ] && return
 
+	path="$path/$dirpath"
+
 	# restrict the shared paths to always be under /mnt/ tree
 	[ "${path:0:4}" == "/mnt" ] || path="/mnt/"$path