diff --git a/actix-files/CHANGES.md b/actix-files/CHANGES.md
index 439bf59ad..6e2a241ac 100644
--- a/actix-files/CHANGES.md
+++ b/actix-files/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # Changes
 
 ## Unreleased - 2021-xx-xx
-* Fix `PathBufWrap::parse_path` to error if the `path` has `".."`. This is to
-  prevent directory traversal attacks.
 
 
 ## 0.6.0-beta.2 - 2021-02-10
diff --git a/actix-files/src/path_buf.rs b/actix-files/src/path_buf.rs
index e6463f68c..dd8e5b503 100644
--- a/actix-files/src/path_buf.rs
+++ b/actix-files/src/path_buf.rs
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ impl FromStr for PathBufWrap {
 
 impl PathBufWrap {
     /// Parse a path, giving the choice of allowing hidden files to be considered valid segments.
-    /// If the path contains `".."`, an error will be returned to prevent someone being able
-    /// to traverse the filesystem.
     pub fn parse_path(path: &str, hidden_files: bool) -> Result<Self, UriSegmentError> {
         let mut buf = PathBuf::new();
 
         for segment in path.split('/') {
-            if !hidden_files && segment.starts_with('.') {
+            if segment == ".." {
+                buf.pop();
+            } else if !hidden_files && segment.starts_with('.') {
                 return Err(UriSegmentError::BadStart('.'));
             } else if segment.starts_with('*') {
                 return Err(UriSegmentError::BadStart('*'));
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ impl PathBufWrap {
                 continue;
             } else if cfg!(windows) && segment.contains('\\') {
                 return Err(UriSegmentError::BadChar('\\'));
-            } else if segment.contains("..") {
-                return Err(UriSegmentError::BadStart('.'));
             } else {
                 buf.push(segment)
             }
@@ -101,12 +99,8 @@ mod tests {
             PathBuf::from_iter(vec!["seg1", "seg2"])
         );
         assert_eq!(
-            PathBufWrap::from_str("/seg1/../seg2/").map(|t| t.0),
-            Err(UriSegmentError::BadStart('.'))
-        );
-        assert_eq!(
-            PathBufWrap::from_str("/seg1/..%5c/..%5c/seg2/test.txt").map(|t| t.0),
-            Err(UriSegmentError::BadStart('.'))
+            PathBufWrap::from_str("/seg1/../seg2/").unwrap().0,
+            PathBuf::from_iter(vec!["seg2"])
         );
     }
 
@@ -121,10 +115,5 @@ mod tests {
             PathBufWrap::parse_path("/test/.tt", true).unwrap().0,
             PathBuf::from_iter(vec!["test", ".tt"])
         );
-
-        assert_eq!(
-            PathBufWrap::parse_path("/seg1/..%5c/..%5c/seg2/test.txt", true).map(|t| t.0),
-            Err(UriSegmentError::BadStart('.'))
-        );
     }
 }