diff -Naurp coreutils-5.3.0-orig/src/cp.c coreutils-5.3.0/src/cp.c
--- coreutils-5.3.0-orig/src/cp.c	2005-09-12 00:24:34.000000000 +0200
+++ coreutils-5.3.0/src/cp.c	2005-09-12 00:24:57.000000000 +0200
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ do_copy (int n_files, char **file, const
 	      ok &= copy (arg, dst_path, new_dst, x, &copy_into_self, NULL);
 
 	      if (flag_path)
-		ok &= re_protect (dst_path, arg_in_concat - dst_path,
+		ok &= re_protect (dst_path, arg_in_concat - dst_path - 1,
 				  attr_list, x);
 	    }