diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index d356573..b6371ca 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -191,18 +191,27 @@ const REPLACERS = [
       : '\\/.+'
   ],
 
-  // intermediate wildcards
+  // normal intermediate wildcards
   [
     // Never replace escaped '*'
     // ignore rule '\*' will match the path '*'
 
     // 'abc.*/' -> go
-    // 'abc.*'  -> skip this rule
-    /(^|[^\\]+)\\\*(?=.+)/g,
+    // 'abc.*'  -> skip this rule,
+    //    coz trailing single wildcard will be handed by [trailing wildcard]
+    /(^|[^\\]+)(\\\*)+(?=.+)/g,
 
     // '*.js' matches '.js'
     // '*.js' doesn't match 'abc'
-    (_, p1) => `${p1}[^\\/]*`
+    (_, p1, p2) => {
+      // 1.
+      // > An asterisk "*" matches anything except a slash.
+      // 2.
+      // > Other consecutive asterisks are considered regular asterisks
+      // > and will match according to the previous rules.
+      const unescaped = p2.replace(/\\\*/g, '[^\\/]*')
+      return p1 + unescaped
+    }
   ],
 
   [
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b730811..d064bde 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ignore",
-  "version": "5.2.2",
+  "version": "5.2.3",
   "description": "Ignore is a manager and filter for .gitignore rules, the one used by eslint, gitbook and many others.",
   "files": [
     "legacy.js",
diff --git a/test/fixtures/cases.js b/test/fixtures/cases.js
index bcd4b14..b859ecf 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/cases.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/cases.js
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ const cases = [
       'baz': 1,
       'ba/z': 0,
       'baaaaaaz': 1
-    },
-    true
+    }
   ],
   [
     '#76 (invalid), comments with no heading whitespace',