diff --git a/src/mcd-account-manager.c b/src/mcd-account-manager.c
index 2c23145..d763f6c 100644
--- a/src/mcd-account-manager.c
+++ b/src/mcd-account-manager.c
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ create_unique_name (McdAccountManagerPrivate *priv, const gchar *manager,
     for (i = 0; i < 1024; i++)
     {
 	sprintf (seq, "%u", i);
-	if (!g_key_file_has_group (priv->keyfile, path) &&
+	if (!g_key_file_has_group (priv->keyfile, path + base_len) &&
             dbus_g_connection_lookup_g_object (connection, path)
                 == NULL)
 	{