diff --git a/lib/krb5/scache.c b/lib/krb5/scache.c
index 5a0d13ac3..bca7270ba 100644
--- a/lib/krb5/scache.c
+++ b/lib/krb5/scache.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ scc_alloc(krb5_context context, const char *name)
 	    name = SCACHE_DEF_NAME;
 	}
 	s->name = strdup(name);
-	file = strchr(s->name, ':');
+	file = strrchr(s->name, ':');
 	if (file) {
 	    *file++ = '\0';
 	    s->file = strdup(file);
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ scc_alloc(krb5_context context, const char *name)
 	}
     } else {
 	_krb5_expand_default_cc_name(context, KRB5_SCACHE_DB, &s->file);
-	asprintf(&s->name, "unique:%08x", (unsigned long)s);
+	asprintf(&s->name, "unique-%08x", (unsigned long)s);
     }
     if (s->file == NULL || s->name == NULL) {
 	scc_free(s);