diff --git a/ccollect b/ccollect
index 35d2071..f5aa145 100755
--- a/ccollect
+++ b/ccollect
@@ -756,7 +756,8 @@ while [ "${source_no}" -lt "${no_sources}" ]; do
     # Exclude destination_dir from listing, it can be touched reused and renamed
     # oldest existing destination directory.
     #
-    last_dir="$(ls -${TSORT}p1 | grep '/$' | grep -v "${destination_dir}" | head -n 1)" || \
+    dest_dir_name=$(basename "${destination_dir}")
+    last_dir="$(ls -${TSORT}p1 | grep '/$' | grep -v "${dest_dir_name}" | head -n 1)" || \
         _exit_err "Failed to list contents of ${ddir}."
 
     #