diff --git a/usr/lib/security-misc/permission-hardening b/usr/lib/security-misc/permission-hardening
index d3288c9..086ae8c 100755
--- a/usr/lib/security-misc/permission-hardening
+++ b/usr/lib/security-misc/permission-hardening
@@ -120,7 +120,9 @@ set_file_perms() {
       ## If there is an entry for the fso, but the owner/group/mode do not
       ## match, we remove and re-add the entry to update it.
       if ! dpkg-statoverride --list | grep -q "$owner $group $mode_from_config $fso_without_trailing_slash"; then
-        echo_wrapper dpkg-statoverride --remove "$fso"
+        ## fso_without_trailing_slash instead of fso to prevent
+        ## "dpkg-statoverride: warning: stripping trailing /"
+        echo_wrapper dpkg-statoverride --remove "$fso_without_trailing_slash"
         add_statoverride_entry
       fi
     else