diff --git a/src/pkg/os/file_unix.go b/src/pkg/os/file_unix.go
index df5894459ee141fb433d5203a151d69e41a644b8..9edfaddfcdc2504020fc81385c106090cccb7f9a 100644
--- a/src/pkg/os/file_unix.go
+++ b/src/pkg/os/file_unix.go
@@ -102,3 +102,21 @@ func Truncate(name string, size int64) Error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// basename removes trailing slashes and the leading directory name from path name
+func basename(name string) string {
+	i := len(name) - 1
+	// Remove trailing slashes
+	for ; i > 0 && name[i] == '/'; i-- {
+		name = name[:i]
+	}
+	// Remove leading directory name
+	for i--; i >= 0; i-- {
+		if name[i] == '/' {
+			name = name[i+1:]
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	return name
+}
diff --git a/src/pkg/os/stat_darwin.go b/src/pkg/os/stat_darwin.go
index 8f4e6bafae3c1e8a00b962121a9034c388840ffd..0661a6d59142e2754b9a3e0a426db80c61fc62bc 100644
--- a/src/pkg/os/stat_darwin.go
+++ b/src/pkg/os/stat_darwin.go
@@ -24,13 +24,7 @@ func fileInfoFromStat(name string, fi *FileInfo, lstat, stat *syscall.Stat_t) *F
 	fi.Atime_ns = syscall.TimespecToNsec(stat.Atimespec)
 	fi.Mtime_ns = syscall.TimespecToNsec(stat.Mtimespec)
 	fi.Ctime_ns = syscall.TimespecToNsec(stat.Ctimespec)
-	for i := len(name) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
-		if name[i] == '/' {
-			name = name[i+1:]
-			break
-		}
-	}
-	fi.Name = name
+	fi.Name = basename(name)
 	if isSymlink(lstat) && !isSymlink(stat) {
 		fi.FollowedSymlink = true
 	}
diff --git a/src/pkg/os/stat_freebsd.go b/src/pkg/os/stat_freebsd.go
index aa15d4b63d8273c6d291ff5b70640a7156e99792..454165d4e0fe5002df56ca5ac09f71816b085b38 100644
--- a/src/pkg/os/stat_freebsd.go
+++ b/src/pkg/os/stat_freebsd.go
@@ -24,13 +24,7 @@ func fileInfoFromStat(name string, fi *FileInfo, lstat, stat *syscall.Stat_t) *F
 	fi.Atime_ns = syscall.TimespecToNsec(stat.Atimespec)
 	fi.Mtime_ns = syscall.TimespecToNsec(stat.Mtimespec)
 	fi.Ctime_ns = syscall.TimespecToNsec(stat.Ctimespec)
-	for i := len(name) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
-		if name[i] == '/' {
-			name = name[i+1:]
-			break
-		}
-	}
-	fi.Name = name
+	fi.Name = basename(name)
 	if isSymlink(lstat) && !isSymlink(stat) {
 		fi.FollowedSymlink = true
 	}
diff --git a/src/pkg/os/stat_linux.go b/src/pkg/os/stat_linux.go
index ebfa1721c0aad78b9edbd1e56f723c2d7c160bee..7a3cf794d69568f1ebf66be96d917c6c53803b42 100644
--- a/src/pkg/os/stat_linux.go
+++ b/src/pkg/os/stat_linux.go
@@ -24,13 +24,7 @@ func fileInfoFromStat(name string, fi *FileInfo, lstat, stat *syscall.Stat_t) *F
 	fi.Atime_ns = syscall.TimespecToNsec(stat.Atim)
 	fi.Mtime_ns = syscall.TimespecToNsec(stat.Mtim)
 	fi.Ctime_ns = syscall.TimespecToNsec(stat.Ctim)
-	for i := len(name) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
-		if name[i] == '/' {
-			name = name[i+1:]
-			break
-		}
-	}
-	fi.Name = name
+	fi.Name = basename(name)
 	if isSymlink(lstat) && !isSymlink(stat) {
 		fi.FollowedSymlink = true
 	}