diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 5861f610..32531903 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ dir_print_mkdirs_sh(FILE *out, const parray *files, const char *root)
 		pgFile *file = (pgFile *) parray_get(files, i);
 		if (S_ISDIR(file->mode))
 		{
-			if (strstr(file->path, root) == file->path)
+			if (strstr(file->path, root) == file->path && file->path[strlen(root)] == '/')
 				fprintf(out, "mkdir -m 700 -p %s\n", file->path + strlen(root) + 1);
 			else
 				fprintf(out, "mkdir -m 700 -p %s\n", file->path);
diff --git a/expected/restore.out b/expected/restore.out
index 60d86b97..31a54288 100644
--- a/expected/restore.out
+++ b/expected/restore.out
@@ -122,3 +122,8 @@ OK: new value is configured for recovery_target_timeline.
 0
 0
 
+###### RESTORE COMMAND TEST-0018 ######
+###### check to work even if the path of tablespace has $PGDATA ######
+0
+0
+
diff --git a/expected/restore_checksum.out b/expected/restore_checksum.out
index 265f23af..b10ca9f3 100644
--- a/expected/restore_checksum.out
+++ b/expected/restore_checksum.out
@@ -122,3 +122,8 @@ OK: new value is configured for recovery_target_timeline.
 0
 0
 
+###### RESTORE COMMAND TEST-0018 ######
+###### check to work even if the path of tablespace has $PGDATA ######
+0
+0
+
diff --git a/sql/restore.sh b/sql/restore.sh
index 59887cc0..3dabdeaf 100644
--- a/sql/restore.sh
+++ b/sql/restore.sh
@@ -572,6 +572,37 @@ psql --no-psqlrc -p ${TEST_PGPORT} -d pgbench -c "SELECT * FROM pgbench_branches
 diff ${TEST_BASE}/TEST-0017-before.out ${TEST_BASE}/TEST-0017-after.out
 echo ''
 
+echo '###### RESTORE COMMAND TEST-0018 ######'
+echo '###### check to work even if the path of tablespace has $PGDATA ######'
+init_backup
+start_postgres
+
+TBLSPC_PATH_HAS_PGDATA_PATH=${PGDATA_PATH}_test_tbl/test
+TEST_DB=test
+
+mkdir -p ${TBLSPC_PATH_HAS_PGDATA_PATH}
+psql --no-psqlrc -p ${TEST_PGPORT} -d postgres > /dev/null 2>&1 << EOF
+CREATE TABLESPACE ${TEST_DB} LOCATION '${TBLSPC_PATH_HAS_PGDATA_PATH}';
+CREATE DATABASE ${TEST_DB} TABLESPACE = ${TEST_DB};
+EOF
+
+pgbench -p ${TEST_PGPORT} -i -s 10 -d ${TEST_DB} > /dev/null 2>&1
+psql -p ${TEST_PGPORT} --no-psqlrc -d ${TEST_DB} -c "SELECT * FROM pgbench_branches;" > ${TEST_BASE}/TEST-0018-before.out
+
+pg_rman backup -B ${BACKUP_PATH} -b full -Z -p ${TEST_PGPORT} -d postgres --quiet;echo $?
+pg_rman validate -B ${BACKUP_PATH} --quiet
+stop_postgres
+pg_rman restore -B ${BACKUP_PATH} --quiet;echo $?
+start_postgres
+sleep 1
+
+psql -p ${TEST_PGPORT} --no-psqlrc -d ${TEST_DB} -c "SELECT * FROM pgbench_branches;" > ${TEST_BASE}/TEST-0018-after.out
+diff ${TEST_BASE}/TEST-0018-before.out ${TEST_BASE}/TEST-0018-after.out
+
+stop_postgres
+rm -r ${TBLSPC_PATH_HAS_PGDATA_PATH}
+echo ''
+
 # clean up the temporal test data
 pg_ctl stop -m immediate > /dev/null 2>&1
 rm -fr ${PGDATA_PATH}