diff --git a/misc.c b/misc.c
index bfd786ef8..009e02bc5 100644
--- a/misc.c
+++ b/misc.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: misc.c,v 1.136 2018/12/27 03:25:25 djm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: misc.c,v 1.137 2019/01/23 21:50:56 dtucker Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2000 Markus Friedl.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2005,2006 Damien Miller.  All rights reserved.
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ put_host_port(const char *host, u_short port)
  * The delimiter char, if present, is stored in delim.
  * If this is the last field, *cp is set to NULL.
  */
-static char *
+char *
 hpdelim2(char **cp, char *delim)
 {
 	char *s, *old;
diff --git a/misc.h b/misc.h
index 47177d838..5b4325aba 100644
--- a/misc.h
+++ b/misc.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: misc.h,v 1.78 2018/12/27 03:25:25 djm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: misc.h,v 1.79 2019/01/23 21:50:56 dtucker Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ int	 timeout_connect(int, const struct sockaddr *, socklen_t, int *);
 int	 a2port(const char *);
 int	 a2tun(const char *, int *);
 char	*put_host_port(const char *, u_short);
+char	*hpdelim2(char **, char *);
 char	*hpdelim(char **);
 char	*cleanhostname(char *);
 char	*colon(char *);
diff --git a/servconf.c b/servconf.c
index 86c631bb0..1562bd875 100644
--- a/servconf.c
+++ b/servconf.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-/* $OpenBSD: servconf.c,v 1.346 2019/01/19 21:37:48 djm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: servconf.c,v 1.347 2019/01/23 21:50:56 dtucker Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
  *                    All rights reserved
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ process_permitopen_list(struct ssh *ssh, ServerOpCodes opcode,
 {
 	u_int i;
 	int port;
-	char *host, *arg, *oarg;
+	char *host, *arg, *oarg, ch;
 	int where = opcode == sPermitOpen ? FORWARD_LOCAL : FORWARD_REMOTE;
 	const char *what = lookup_opcode_name(opcode);
 
@@ -896,8 +896,8 @@ process_permitopen_list(struct ssh *ssh, ServerOpCodes opcode,
 	/* Otherwise treat it as a list of permitted host:port */
 	for (i = 0; i < num_opens; i++) {
 		oarg = arg = xstrdup(opens[i]);
-		host = hpdelim(&arg);
-		if (host == NULL)
+		host = hpdelim2(&arg, &ch);
+		if (host == NULL || ch == '/')
 			fatal("%s: missing host in %s", __func__, what);
 		host = cleanhostname(host);
 		if (arg == NULL || ((port = permitopen_port(arg)) < 0))
@@ -1314,8 +1314,10 @@ process_server_config_line(ServerOptions *options, char *line,
 			port = 0;
 			p = arg;
 		} else {
-			p = hpdelim(&arg);
-			if (p == NULL)
+			char ch;
+			arg2 = NULL;
+			p = hpdelim2(&arg, &ch);
+			if (p == NULL || ch == '/')
 				fatal("%s line %d: bad address:port usage",
 				    filename, linenum);
 			p = cleanhostname(p);
@@ -1942,9 +1944,11 @@ process_server_config_line(ServerOptions *options, char *line,
 				 */
 				xasprintf(&arg2, "*:%s", arg);
 			} else {
+				char ch;
+
 				arg2 = xstrdup(arg);
-				p = hpdelim(&arg);
-				if (p == NULL) {
+				p = hpdelim2(&arg, &ch);
+				if (p == NULL || ch == '/') {
 					fatal("%s line %d: missing host in %s",
 					    filename, linenum,
 					    lookup_opcode_name(opcode));