diff --git a/pbs-config/src/acl.rs b/pbs-config/src/acl.rs
index 80d2ae17..6bbb319e 100644
--- a/pbs-config/src/acl.rs
+++ b/pbs-config/src/acl.rs
@@ -336,30 +336,36 @@ impl AclTree {
 
     fn get_node(&self, path: &[&str]) -> Option<&AclTreeNode> {
         let mut node = &self.root;
-        for comp in path {
-            node = match node.children.get(*comp) {
-                Some(n) => n,
-                None => return None,
-            };
+        for outer in path {
+            for comp in outer.split("/") {
+                node = match node.children.get(comp) {
+                    Some(n) => n,
+                    None => return None,
+                };
+            }
         }
         Some(node)
     }
 
     fn get_node_mut(&mut self, path: &[&str]) -> Option<&mut AclTreeNode> {
         let mut node = &mut self.root;
-        for comp in path {
-            node = match node.children.get_mut(*comp) {
-                Some(n) => n,
-                None => return None,
-            };
+        for outer in path {
+            for comp in outer.split("/") {
+                node = match node.children.get_mut(comp) {
+                    Some(n) => n,
+                    None => return None,
+                };
+            }
         }
         Some(node)
     }
 
     fn get_or_insert_node(&mut self, path: &[&str]) -> &mut AclTreeNode {
         let mut node = &mut self.root;
-        for comp in path {
-            node = node.children.entry(String::from(*comp)).or_default();
+        for outer in path {
+            for comp in outer.split("/") {
+                node = node.children.entry(String::from(comp)).or_default();
+            }
         }
         node
     }
@@ -658,11 +664,10 @@ impl AclTree {
     }
 
     pub fn get_child_paths(&self, auth_id: &Authid, path: &[&str]) -> Result<Vec<String>, Error> {
-        let path = path.join("/");
-
         let mut res = Vec::new();
 
-        if let Some(node) = self.get_node(&split_acl_path(&path)) {
+        if let Some(node) = self.get_node(&path) {
+            let path = path.join("/");
             node.get_child_paths(path, auth_id, &mut res)?;
         }