diff --git a/builtin/ls-tree.c b/builtin/ls-tree.c
index dc86b0d..a818756 100644
--- a/builtin/ls-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/ls-tree.c
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
 		speclen = strlen(spec);
 		if (speclen <= len)
 			continue;
+		if (spec[len] && spec[len] != '/')
+			continue;
 		if (memcmp(pathname, spec, len))
 			continue;
 		return 1;
diff --git a/t/t3100-ls-tree-restrict.sh b/t/t3100-ls-tree-restrict.sh
index eee0d34..81d90b6 100755
--- a/t/t3100-ls-tree-restrict.sh
+++ b/t/t3100-ls-tree-restrict.sh
@@ -165,4 +165,13 @@
 EOF
      test_output'
 
+test_expect_success \
+    'ls-tree with one path a prefix of the other' \
+    'git ls-tree $tree path2/baz path2/bazbo >current &&
+     make_expected <<\EOF &&
+040000 tree X	path2/baz
+120000 blob X	path2/bazbo
+EOF
+     test_output'
+
 test_done