diff --git a/coreutils/cp.c b/coreutils/cp.c
index aff13d5..428eaee 100644
--- a/coreutils/cp.c
+++ b/coreutils/cp.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ int cptree(const char *src, const char *dst) {
 
 	struct dirent *ep;
 	while ((ep = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
-		if (!strcmp(ep->d_name, ".") || !strcmp(ep->d_name, ".."))
+		if (!strcmp(ep->d_name, ".") || !strcmp(ep->d_name, "..") || !strcmp(dst, ep->d_name))
 			continue;
 
 		char *src_path = make_path(src, ep->d_name);