diff --git a/lib/base.php b/lib/base.php
index 8c68b887a0..ed397d6a0e 100644
--- a/lib/base.php
+++ b/lib/base.php
@@ -167,14 +167,14 @@ class OC {
 				// a web URL, so we use overwritewebroot as a fallback.
 				OC::$WEBROOT = OC_Config::getValue('overwritewebroot', '');
 			}
-		}
 
-		// Resolve /owncloud to /owncloud/ to ensure to always have a trailing
-		// slash which is required by URL generation.
-		if($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] === \OC::$WEBROOT &&
-				substr($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], -1) !== '/') {
-			header('Location: '.\OC::$WEBROOT.'/');
-			exit();
+			// Resolve /owncloud to /owncloud/ to ensure to always have a trailing
+			// slash which is required by URL generation.
+			if($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] === \OC::$WEBROOT &&
+					substr($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], -1) !== '/') {
+				header('Location: '.\OC::$WEBROOT.'/');
+				exit();
+			}
 		}
 
 		// search the 3rdparty folder