diff --git a/storagedriver/inmemory/driver.go b/storagedriver/inmemory/driver.go
index 0b68e021..841ce56c 100644
--- a/storagedriver/inmemory/driver.go
+++ b/storagedriver/inmemory/driver.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ func (d *Driver) ReadStream(path string, offset int64) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 		return nil, storagedriver.InvalidOffsetError{Path: path, Offset: offset}
 	}
 
-	path = d.normalize(path)
+	path = normalize(path)
 	found := d.root.find(path)
 
 	if found.path() != path {
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ func (d *Driver) WriteStream(path string, offset int64, reader io.Reader) (nn in
 		return 0, storagedriver.InvalidOffsetError{Path: path, Offset: offset}
 	}
 
-	normalized := d.normalize(path)
+	normalized := normalize(path)
 
 	f, err := d.root.mkfile(normalized)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Stat(path string) (storagedriver.FileInfo, error) {
 	d.mutex.RLock()
 	defer d.mutex.RUnlock()
 
-	normalized := d.normalize(path)
+	normalized := normalize(path)
 	found := d.root.find(path)
 
 	if found.path() != normalized {
@@ -162,7 +161,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Stat(path string) (storagedriver.FileInfo, error) {
 // List returns a list of the objects that are direct descendants of the given
 // path.
 func (d *Driver) List(path string) ([]string, error) {
-	normalized := d.normalize(path)
+	normalized := normalize(path)
 
 	found := d.root.find(normalized)
 
@@ -192,7 +191,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Move(sourcePath string, destPath string) error {
 	d.mutex.Lock()
 	defer d.mutex.Unlock()
 
-	normalizedSrc, normalizedDst := d.normalize(sourcePath), d.normalize(destPath)
+	normalizedSrc, normalizedDst := normalize(sourcePath), normalize(destPath)
 
 	err := d.root.move(normalizedSrc, normalizedDst)
 	switch err {
@@ -208,7 +207,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Delete(path string) error {
 	d.mutex.Lock()
 	defer d.mutex.Unlock()
 
-	normalized := d.normalize(path)
+	normalized := normalize(path)
 
 	err := d.root.delete(normalized)
 	switch err {
@@ -218,10 +217,3 @@ func (d *Driver) Delete(path string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 }
-
-func (d *Driver) normalize(p string) string {
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(p, "/") {
-		p = "/" + p // Ghetto path absolution.
-	}
-	return p
-}
diff --git a/storagedriver/inmemory/mfs.go b/storagedriver/inmemory/mfs.go
index 9eeac0da..c5797238 100644
--- a/storagedriver/inmemory/mfs.go
+++ b/storagedriver/inmemory/mfs.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	errExists    = fmt.Errorf("exists")
-	errNotExists = fmt.Errorf("exists")
+	errNotExists = fmt.Errorf("notexists")
 	errIsNotDir  = fmt.Errorf("notdir")
 	errIsDir     = fmt.Errorf("isdir")
 )
@@ -139,9 +139,7 @@ func (d *dir) mkfile(p string) (*file, error) {
 
 // mkdirs creates any missing directory entries in p and returns the result.
 func (d *dir) mkdirs(p string) (*dir, error) {
-	if p == "" {
-		p = "/"
-	}
+	p = normalize(p)
 
 	n := d.find(p)
 
@@ -210,7 +208,7 @@ func (d *dir) move(src, dst string) error {
 	srcDirname, srcFilename := path.Split(src)
 	sp := d.find(srcDirname)
 
-	if srcDirname != strings.TrimSuffix(sp.path(), "/")+"/" {
+	if normalize(srcDirname) != normalize(sp.path()) {
 		return errNotExists
 	}
 
@@ -237,7 +235,7 @@ func (d *dir) delete(p string) error {
 	dirname, filename := path.Split(p)
 	parent := d.find(dirname)
 
-	if dirname != strings.TrimSuffix(parent.path(), "/")+"/" {
+	if normalize(dirname) != normalize(parent.path()) {
 		return errNotExists
 	}
 
@@ -327,3 +325,7 @@ func (c *common) path() string {
 func (c *common) modtime() time.Time {
 	return c.mod
 }
+
+func normalize(p string) string {
+	return "/" + strings.Trim(p, "/")
+}