diff --git a/src/connect.c b/src/connect.c
index 08da76a..f152bcd 100644
--- a/src/connect.c
+++ b/src/connect.c
@@ -2562,17 +2562,10 @@ static void build_dos_attr_name(int volume, uint8 *path, char *unixname,
   }
 
   /*
-   * Some old DOS scan paths already pass the synthesized 8.3 alias in
-   * `path`/nwpath->fn.  If `unixname` was rebuilt from that alias, it no
-   * longer identifies the real long on-disk name; using it would collapse
-   * colliding long directories back to the same raw alias, e.g. LONG_DIR.
+   * Prefer the real unixname when it is available.  Some namespace/DOS scan
+   * paths pass an already synthesized 8.3 name in `path`; if we return that
+   * blindly, colliding long directories can both be displayed as LONG_DIR.
    */
-  if (path && *path && dos_is_83_name(path, options)) {
-    strmaxcpy(out, path, out_len-1);
-    up_fn(out);
-    return;
-  }
-
   if (unixname && *unixname) {
     strmaxcpy(parent, unixname, sizeof(parent)-1);
     slash = strrchr(parent, '/');
@@ -2586,6 +2579,14 @@ static void build_dos_attr_name(int volume, uint8 *path, char *unixname,
     }
   }
 
+  /* Fallback: keep a previously synthesized DOS alias only when there is no
+   * reliable real unixname to rebuild from. */
+  if (path && *path && dos_is_83_name(path, options)) {
+    strmaxcpy(out, path, out_len-1);
+    up_fn(out);
+    return;
+  }
+
   build_dos_83_alias(options, NULL,
                      leaf, stb ? stb->st_ino : 0, out, out_len);
 }
@@ -2599,7 +2600,7 @@ void get_dos_file_attrib(NW_DOS_FILE_INFO *f,
   uint8  spath[14];
   uint32 nw_owner=get_file_owner(stb);
   build_dos_attr_name(volume, path, unixname, stb, spath, sizeof(spath));
-  XDPRINTF((1,0,"DOSFILEATTR path='%s' unix='%s' alias='%s' inode=%ld", path ? (char*)path : "", unixname ? unixname : "", spath, stb ? (long)stb->st_ino : 0L));
+  XDPRINTF((0,0,"DOSFILEATTR path='%s' unix='%s' alias='%s' inode=%ld", path ? (char*)path : "", unixname ? unixname : "", spath, stb ? (long)stb->st_ino : 0L));
   f->namlen=min(strlen((char*)spath), 12);
   strncpy((char*)f->name, (char*)spath, f->namlen);
   U32_TO_32(get_nw_attrib_dword(volume, unixname, stb), f->attributes);
@@ -2626,7 +2627,7 @@ void get_dos_dir_attrib(NW_DOS_DIR_INFO *f,
 {
   uint8 spath[14];
   build_dos_attr_name(volume, path, unixname, stb, spath, sizeof(spath));
-  XDPRINTF((1,0,"DOSFILEATTR path='%s' unix='%s' alias='%s' inode=%ld", path ? (char*)path : "", unixname ? unixname : "", spath, stb ? (long)stb->st_ino : 0L));
+  XDPRINTF((0,0,"DOSFILEATTR path='%s' unix='%s' alias='%s' inode=%ld", path ? (char*)path : "", unixname ? unixname : "", spath, stb ? (long)stb->st_ino : 0L));
   f->namlen=min(strlen((char*)spath), 12);
   strncpy((char*)f->name, (char*)spath, f->namlen);
   U32_TO_32(get_nw_attrib_dword(volume, unixname, stb),
diff --git a/src/namspace.c b/src/namspace.c
index 6f6e5c7..6bd779d 100644
--- a/src/namspace.c
+++ b/src/namspace.c
@@ -922,6 +922,11 @@ static int build_dos_name(DIR_BASE_ENTRY *e, uint8 *fname, int size_fname)
                               e->nwpath.statb.st_ino,
                               fname,
                               size_fname);
+  XDPRINTF((0,0,"NSDOSNAME parent='%s' real='%s' alias='%s' inode=%ld",
+            parent_unix ? parent_unix : "",
+            e->nwpath.fn ? (char*)e->nwpath.fn : "",
+            fname ? (char*)fname : "",
+            (long)e->nwpath.statb.st_ino));
   xfree(parent_unix);
   return(result);
 }