diff --git a/src/java.base/unix/native/libjava/path_util.c b/src/java.base/unix/native/libjava/path_util.c
index 1f2cdc46f0c..e75bf6bc90c 100644
--- a/src/java.base/unix/native/libjava/path_util.c
+++ b/src/java.base/unix/native/libjava/path_util.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2021, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -157,7 +157,13 @@ collapse(char *path)
             for (j = i - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
                 if (ix[j]) break;
             }
-            if (j < 0) continue;
+            if (j < 0) {
+                // If there is no preceding name and this path is absolute,
+                // then remove this instance of ".."
+                if (path[0] == '/')
+                    ix[i] = 0;
+                continue;
+            }
             ix[j] = 0;
             ix[i] = 0;
         }
diff --git a/test/jdk/java/io/File/GetCanonicalPath.java b/test/jdk/java/io/File/GetCanonicalPath.java
index 0abf25244d2..e54227e44b4 100644
--- a/test/jdk/java/io/File/GetCanonicalPath.java
+++ b/test/jdk/java/io/File/GetCanonicalPath.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 /* @test
  * @bug 4899022
- * @requires (os.family == "windows")
  * @summary Look for erroneous representation of drive letter
  * @run junit GetCanonicalPath
  */
@@ -35,6 +34,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.EnabledOnOs;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.OS;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 
 public class GetCanonicalPath {
-    private static Stream<Arguments> pathProvider() {
+    private static Stream<Arguments> pathProviderWindows() {
         List<Arguments> list = new ArrayList<Arguments>();
 
         File dir = new File(System.getProperty("user.dir", "."));
@@ -80,21 +81,43 @@ public class GetCanonicalPath {
         return list.stream();
     }
 
+    private static Stream<Arguments> pathProviderUnix() {
+        return Stream.of(
+            Arguments.of("/../../../../../a/b/c", "/a/b/c"),
+            Arguments.of("/../../../../../a/../b/c", "/b/c"),
+            Arguments.of("/../../../../../a/../../b/c", "/b/c"),
+            Arguments.of("/../../../../../a/../../../b/c", "/b/c"),
+            Arguments.of("/../../../../../a/../../../../b/c", "/b/c")
+        );
+    }
+
     @ParameterizedTest
+    @EnabledOnOs({OS.AIX, OS.LINUX, OS.MAC})
+    @MethodSource("pathProviderUnix")
+    void goodPathsUnix(String pathname, String expected) throws IOException {
+        File file = new File(pathname);
+        String canonicalPath = file.getCanonicalPath();
+        assertEquals(expected, canonicalPath);
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @EnabledOnOs(OS.WINDOWS)
     @ValueSource(strings = {"\\\\?", "\\\\?\\UNC", "\\\\?\\UNC\\"})
-    void badPaths(String pathname) {
+    void badPathsWindows(String pathname) {
         assertThrows(IOException.class, () -> new File(pathname).getCanonicalPath());
     }
 
     @ParameterizedTest
-    @MethodSource("pathProvider")
-    void goodPaths(String pathname, String expected) throws IOException {
+    @EnabledOnOs(OS.WINDOWS)
+    @MethodSource("pathProviderWindows")
+    void goodPathsWindows(String pathname, String expected) throws IOException {
         File file = new File(pathname);
         String canonicalPath = file.getCanonicalPath();
         assertEquals(expected, canonicalPath);
     }
 
     @Test
+    @EnabledOnOs(OS.WINDOWS)
     void driveLetter() throws IOException {
         String path = new File("c:/").getCanonicalPath();
         assertFalse(path.length() > 3, "Drive letter incorrectly represented");