diff --git a/perl/Git/SVN/GlobSpec.pm b/perl/Git/SVN/GlobSpec.pm
index 96cfd9896e..c95f5d76ca 100644
--- a/perl/Git/SVN/GlobSpec.pm
+++ b/perl/Git/SVN/GlobSpec.pm
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ sub new {
 	my $right = join('/', @right);
 	$re = join('/', @patterns);
 	$re = join('\/',
-		   grep(length, quotemeta($left), "($re)", quotemeta($right)));
+		   grep(length, quotemeta($left),
+                                "($re)(?=/|\$)",
+                                quotemeta($right)));
 	my $left_re = qr/^\/\Q$left\E(\/|$)/;
 	bless { left => $left, right => $right, left_regex => $left_re,
 	        regex => qr/$re/, glob => $glob, depth => $depth }, $class;
diff --git a/t/t9154-git-svn-fancy-glob.sh b/t/t9154-git-svn-fancy-glob.sh
index a6a56a6cb9..b780e0efe3 100755
--- a/t/t9154-git-svn-fancy-glob.sh
+++ b/t/t9154-git-svn-fancy-glob.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ test_expect_success 'add red branch' "
 	test_must_fail git rev-parse refs/remotes/blue
 	"
 
+test_expect_success 'add gre branch' "
+	GIT_CONFIG=.git/svn/.metadata git config --unset svn-remote.svn.branches-maxRev &&
+	git config svn-remote.svn.branches 'branches/{red,gre}:refs/remotes/*' &&
+	git svn fetch &&
+	git rev-parse refs/remotes/red &&
+	test_must_fail git rev-parse refs/remotes/green &&
+	test_must_fail git rev-parse refs/remotes/blue
+	"
+
 test_expect_success 'add green branch' "
 	GIT_CONFIG=.git/svn/.metadata git config --unset svn-remote.svn.branches-maxRev &&
 	git config svn-remote.svn.branches 'branches/{red,green}:refs/remotes/*' &&