diff --git a/components/lazutils/winlazfileutils.inc b/components/lazutils/winlazfileutils.inc
index e24b97018f..4429fb87a7 100644
--- a/components/lazutils/winlazfileutils.inc
+++ b/components/lazutils/winlazfileutils.inc
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ begin
   //See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
   if (Length(Fn) > 3) and (Fn[1] = PathDelim) and (Fn[2] = PathDelim) and
      (Fn[3] = '?') and (Fn[4] = PathDelim) //Do NOT use AllowDirectorySeparators here!
-     then Exit;
+     then Exit(Fn);
   ForcePathDelims(Fn);
   IsAbs := FileNameIsWinAbsolute(Fn);
   if not IsAbs then