A fix for JENKINS-14551

I'd like to have this commit pulled as a fix for JENKINS-14551 (https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-14551).  SVNKit reviewed this change and it looks good I believe (http://issues.tmatesoft.com/issue/SVNKIT-368#comment=60-4930).

Discussion of this fix can be found here: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/jenkinsci-dev/VAx5otuZ7Ls

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Kenny Ayers