diff -up mc-4.7.1/src/find.c.findfix mc-4.7.1/src/find.c
--- mc-4.7.1/src/find.c.findfix	2010-02-26 12:34:03.000000000 +0100
+++ mc-4.7.1/src/find.c	2010-03-02 15:46:55.000000000 +0100
@@ -1004,8 +1004,7 @@ init_find_vars (void)
 static char *
 make_fullname (const char *dirname, const char *filename)
 {
-
-    if (strcmp(dirname, ".") == 0 || strcmp(dirname, "."PATH_SEP_STR) == 0)
+    if (dirname == NULL || strcmp(dirname, ".") == 0 || strcmp(dirname, "."PATH_SEP_STR) == 0)
 	return g_strdup (filename);
     if (strncmp(dirname, "."PATH_SEP_STR, 2) == 0)
 	return concat_dir_and_file (dirname + 2, filename);
@@ -1258,7 +1257,7 @@ find_file (const char *start_dir, const 
 	    if ((le->text == NULL) || (entry->data == NULL))
 		continue;
 
-	    if (content_pattern != NULL)
+	    if (content_pattern != NULL && strchr (le->text + 4, ':'))
 		lc_filename = strchr (le->text + 4, ':') + 1;
 	    else
 		lc_filename = le->text + 4;