diff --git a/kafka/topic_manager.go b/kafka/topic_manager.go
index 6c3eeb11..2063d844 100644
--- a/kafka/topic_manager.go
+++ b/kafka/topic_manager.go
@@ -253,6 +253,9 @@ func checkPartitions(client sarama.Client, topic string, npar int) error {
 func updateChroot(servers []string) (servs []string, chroot string, err error) {
 	// find chroot in server addresses
 	for _, server := range servers {
+		for strings.HasSuffix(server, "/") {
+			server = server[:len(server)-1]
+		}
 		splt := strings.Split(server, "/")
 		if len(splt) == 1 {
 			// no chroot in address
diff --git a/kafka/topic_manager_test.go b/kafka/topic_manager_test.go
index 603d6f5d..a2a838dc 100644
--- a/kafka/topic_manager_test.go
+++ b/kafka/topic_manager_test.go
@@ -50,6 +50,17 @@ func TestTopicManager_updateChroot(t *testing.T) {
 	_, _, err = updateChroot(servers)
 	ensure.NotNil(t, err)
 
+	// check chroot with trailing /
+	servers = []string{host + "/////"}
+	_, c, err = updateChroot(servers)
+	ensure.DeepEqual(t, c, "")
+	ensure.Nil(t, err)
+
+	servers = []string{host + "/test/"}
+	_, c, err = updateChroot(servers)
+	ensure.DeepEqual(t, c, "/test")
+	ensure.Nil(t, err)
+
 }
 
 func TestCheckPartitions(t *testing.T) {