diff --git a/src/esp/io/Io.cpp b/src/esp/io/Io.cpp
index 45b4e8fd51..f37baf8f11 100644
--- a/src/esp/io/Io.cpp
+++ b/src/esp/io/Io.cpp
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ std::string normalizePath(const std::string& srcPath) {
   // Get paths leading up to ellipsis-cancelled path
   auto prefixString = srcPath.substr(0, prevLoc);
   // recurses to get subsequent ellipses.
-  auto filteredPath = Cr::Utility::formatString("{}/{}", prefixString,
-                                                normalizePath(suffixString));
-  return filteredPath;
+  auto filteredPath =
+      Cr::Utility::formatString("{}/{}", prefixString, suffixString);
+  return normalizePath(filteredPath);
 }  // normalizePath
 
 std::vector<std::string> globDirs(const std::string& pattern) {
diff --git a/src/tests/IOTest.cpp b/src/tests/IOTest.cpp
index 6b7a21c46d..0cdd4d3e08 100644
--- a/src/tests/IOTest.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/IOTest.cpp
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ void IOTest::testEllipsisFilter() {
   testPath1 = "/test/path/DELETE/../to/test/removal.txt";
   res = esp::io::normalizePath(testPath1);
   CORRADE_COMPARE(res, "/test/path/to/test/removal.txt");
+
   testPath1 =
       "/test/path/DELETE/../to/DELETE/../test/DELETE/../multiple/removal.txt";
   res = esp::io::normalizePath(testPath1);
@@ -122,6 +123,12 @@ void IOTest::testEllipsisFilter() {
   res = esp::io::normalizePath(testPath1);
   CORRADE_COMPARE(res, "test/path/to/test/multiple/removal.txt");
 
+  testPath1 =
+      "/test/path/DELETE/DELETE2/DELETE3/../../../to/DELETE/DELETE2/../../test/"
+      "DELETE/../consecutive/removal.txt";
+  res = esp::io::normalizePath(testPath1);
+  CORRADE_COMPARE(res, "/test/path/to/test/consecutive/removal.txt");
+
   // ignore intitial ellipsis
   testPath1 = "/../test/path/DELETE/../to/test/initial/ignore.txt";
   res = esp::io::normalizePath(testPath1);