diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3b678bd..77cb9c6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ btrbk-current
   * Remove "duration" column from transaction_log/transaction_syslog.
   * Bugfix: ssh_filter_btrbk: accept mbuffer command (stream_buffer).
   * Bugfix: print correct (end-)time in transaction_log.
+  * Bugfix: check path when expanding wildcards (close #181).
 
 btrbk-0.25.1
 
diff --git a/btrbk b/btrbk
index f30105e..80c595d 100755
--- a/btrbk
+++ b/btrbk
@@ -4283,6 +4283,10 @@ MAIN:
             TRACE "skipping non-matching subvolume: $vol->{PRINT}";
             next;
           }
+          unless(defined(check_file($vol->{SUBVOL_PATH}, { relative => 1 }))) {
+            WARN "Ambiguous subvolume path \"$vol->{SUBVOL_PATH}\" while expanding \"$globs\", ignoring";
+            next;
+          }
           INFO "Found source subvolume: $vol->{PRINT}";
           my %conf = ( %$config_subvol,
                        rel_path_glob => $globs,