diff --git a/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.cxx b/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.cxx
index 7638e4ac7..60d6869ac 100644
--- a/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.cxx
+++ b/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.cxx
@@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@ kwsys_stl::string SystemTools::ConvertToUnixOutputPath(const char* path)
   kwsys_stl::string ret = path;
   
   // remove // except at the beginning might be a cygwin drive
-  kwsys_stl::string::size_type pos=0;
+  kwsys_stl::string::size_type pos=1;
   while((pos = ret.find("//", pos)) != kwsys_stl::string::npos)
     {
     ret.erase(pos, 1);
diff --git a/Source/kwsys/testSystemTools.cxx b/Source/kwsys/testSystemTools.cxx
index ad35c340b..c0e74af3e 100644
--- a/Source/kwsys/testSystemTools.cxx
+++ b/Source/kwsys/testSystemTools.cxx
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ bool CheckStringOperations()
 
   if (kwsys::SystemTools::ConvertToUnixOutputPath
       ("//Local Mojo/Hex Power Pack/Iffy Voodoo") != 
-      "/Local\\ Mojo/Hex\\ Power\\ Pack/Iffy\\ Voodoo")
+      "//Local\\ Mojo/Hex\\ Power\\ Pack/Iffy\\ Voodoo")
     {
     kwsys_ios::cerr
       << "Problem with ConvertToUnixOutputPath "