diff --git a/include/boost/url/impl/url.ipp b/include/boost/url/impl/url.ipp
index 5ecf3c851..0543c4b97 100644
--- a/include/boost/url/impl/url.ipp
+++ b/include/boost/url/impl/url.ipp
@@ -214,6 +214,12 @@ relative(
         segments_view::iterator& first,
         segments_view::iterator last)
     {
+        if (*first == dotdot ||
+            *first == dot)
+        {
+            ++first;
+            return true;
+        }
         auto it = std::next(first);
         std::size_t l = 1;
         while (it != last)
@@ -241,37 +247,17 @@ relative(
         it0 != last0 &&
         it1 != last1)
     {
+        if (consume_dots(it0, last0))
+            continue;
+        if (consume_dots(it1, last1))
+            continue;
         if (*it0 == *it1)
         {
             ++it0;
             ++it1;
         }
-        else if (*it0 == dot)
-        {
-            ++it0;
-        }
-        else if (*it1 == dot)
-        {
-            ++it1;
-        }
-        else if (*it0 == dotdot)
-        {
-            ++it0;
-            if (it1 != begin1)
-                --it1;
-        }
-        else if (*it1 == dotdot)
-        {
-            ++it1;
-            if (it0 != begin0)
-                --it0;
-        }
         else
         {
-            if (consume_dots(it0, last0))
-                continue;
-            if (consume_dots(it1, last1))
-                continue;
             break;
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/unit/url.cpp b/test/unit/url.cpp
index 15ab85321..73418fce2 100644
--- a/test/unit/url.cpp
+++ b/test/unit/url.cpp
@@ -2097,7 +2097,7 @@ class url_test
         check("/a/path/././to/./somewhere/else", "/a/./path/./to/a", "../a");
         // ".." should be normalized
         check("/a/path/x/../to/y/../somewhere/else", "/b/../a/path/to/a", "../a");
-        // check("/../path/x/../to/y/../somewhere/else", "/a/../../path/to/a", "../a");
+        check("/../path/x/../to/y/../somewhere/else", "/a/../../path/to/a", "../a");
         check("/a/path/to/somewhere/else", "/a/path/to/a/../b", "../b");
         // same parent
         check("/relative/file?some=query#hash", "/relative/path?blubber=1#hash1", "path?blubber=1#hash1");