diff --git a/libraries/joomla/filesystem/folder.php b/libraries/joomla/filesystem/folder.php
index 81ddc8e5a9ef9..76db95ce57a0a 100644
--- a/libraries/joomla/filesystem/folder.php
+++ b/libraries/joomla/filesystem/folder.php
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ public static function create($path = '', $mode = 0755)
 				{
 					$test = $pathObject->clean($test);
 
-					if (strpos($path, $test) === 0)
+					if (strpos($path, $test) === 0 || strpos($path, realpath($test)) === 0)
 					{
 						$inBaseDir = true;
 						break;