--- a/src/physfs.c	Mon Aug 30 02:39:28 2010 -0400
+++ b/src/physfs.c	Sun Aug 29 21:36:38 2010 -0400
@@ -1828,15 +1828,21 @@
     {
         DirHandle *i;
         __PHYSFS_platformGrabMutex(stateLock);
-        for (i = searchPath; ((i != NULL) && (retval == NULL)); i = i->next)
+        for (i = searchPath; i != NULL; i = i->next)
         {
             char *arcfname = fname;
             if (partOfMountPoint(i, arcfname))
+            {
                 retval = i->dirName;
+                break;
+            } /* if */
             else if (verifyPath(i, &arcfname, 0))
             {
                 if (i->funcs->exists(i->opaque, arcfname))
+                {
                     retval = i->dirName;
+                    break;
+                } /* if */
             } /* if */
         } /* for */
         __PHYSFS_platformReleaseMutex(stateLock);

--- a/src/physfs.h	Mon Aug 30 02:39:28 2010 -0400
+++ b/src/physfs.h	Sun Aug 29 21:36:38 2010 -0400
@@ -1020,6 +1020,11 @@
  *  be associated with the first archive mounted there, even though that
  *  directory isn't necessarily contained in a real archive.
  *
+ * \warning This will return NULL if there is no real directory associated
+ *          with (filename). Specifically, PHYSFS_mountIo(),
+ *          PHYSFS_mountMemory(), and PHYSFS_mountHandle() will return NULL
+ *          even if the filename is found in the search path. Plan accordingly.
+ *
  *     \param filename file to look for.
  *    \return READ ONLY string of element of search path containing the
  *             the file in question. NULL if not found.