diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java
index 64ceea5ee95..cf9c020e4ab 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ public class ResourceHttpRequestHandler extends WebContentGenerator
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
-		if (path.contains("../")) {
+		if (path.contains("..")) {
 			path = StringUtils.cleanPath(path);
 			if (path.contains("../")) {
 				if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {