diff --git a/lib/path.js b/lib/path.js
index bc9667c7b88cc3..cb37a289105dc7 100644
--- a/lib/path.js
+++ b/lib/path.js
@@ -1007,8 +1007,8 @@ const win32 = {
         isAbsolute = true;
 
         code = path.charCodeAt(1);
+        rootEnd = 1;
         if (code === 47/*/*/ || code === 92/*\*/) {
-          rootEnd = 1;
           // Matched double path separator at beginning
           var j = 2;
           var last = j;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-path-parse-format.js b/test/parallel/test-path-parse-format.js
index 21bebfedee85b2..5c2684bc6d103b 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-path-parse-format.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-path-parse-format.js
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ const winPaths = [
   '\\\\?\\UNC\\server\\share'
 ];
 
+const winSpecialCaseParseTests = [
+  ['/foo/bar', {root: '/'}]
+];
+
 const winSpecialCaseFormatTests = [
   [{dir: 'some\\dir'}, 'some\\dir\\'],
   [{base: 'index.html'}, 'index.html'],
@@ -86,6 +90,7 @@ const errors = [
 
 checkParseFormat(path.win32, winPaths);
 checkParseFormat(path.posix, unixPaths);
+checkSpecialCaseParseFormat(path.win32, winSpecialCaseParseTests);
 checkErrors(path.win32);
 checkErrors(path.posix);
 checkFormat(path.win32, winSpecialCaseFormatTests);
@@ -184,6 +189,17 @@ function checkParseFormat(path, paths) {
   });
 }
 
+function checkSpecialCaseParseFormat(path, testCases) {
+  testCases.forEach(function(testCase) {
+    const element = testCase[0];
+    const expect = testCase[1];
+    const output = path.parse(element);
+    Object.keys(expect).forEach(function(key) {
+      assert.strictEqual(output[key], expect[key]);
+    });
+  });
+}
+
 function checkFormat(path, testCases) {
   testCases.forEach(function(testCase) {
     assert.strictEqual(path.format(testCase[0]), testCase[1]);