diff --git a/zipp/__init__.py b/zipp/__init__.py
index 0b7b443..a3f0b1b 100644
--- a/zipp/__init__.py
+++ b/zipp/__init__.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def _ancestry(path):
     ['//b//d///f', '//b//d', '//b']
     """
     path = path.rstrip(posixpath.sep)
-    while path and not path.endswith(posixpath.sep):
+    while path.rstrip(posixpath.sep):
         yield path
         path, tail = posixpath.split(path)