diff --git a/pagure/lib/git.py b/pagure/lib/git.py
index 5987e64..ec06296 100644
--- a/pagure/lib/git.py
+++ b/pagure/lib/git.py
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ def get_repo_namespace(abspath):
         projectname = short_path
 
     if '/' in projectname:
-        namespace = projectname.split('/', 1)[0]
+        namespace = projectname.rsplit('/', 1)[0]
 
     return namespace