diff --git a/lib/std/src/fs/Path.ri b/lib/std/src/fs/Path.ri
index 129c06b26..89329784d 100644
--- a/lib/std/src/fs/Path.ri
+++ b/lib/std/src/fs/Path.ri
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public struct Path {
     /// Files that end with `.`, or that start with `.` and have no other `.` in their
     /// name, are considered to have no extension.
     public func extension(path: string) -> string {
-        filename := Self.base_name(path);
+        filename := Self.file_name(path);
         index := filename.last_index_of_byte(b'.') ?? return "";
         return if index == 0 or index + 1 >= filename.len {
             ""