diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/PathExtensionFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/PathExtensionFixture.cs
index 00012a135..323f14dd4 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/PathExtensionFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/PathExtensionFixture.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using FluentAssertions;
 using Moq;
 using NUnit.Framework;
+using NzbDrone.Common.Disk;
 using NzbDrone.Common.EnvironmentInfo;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Extensions;
 using NzbDrone.Test.Common;
@@ -335,5 +336,30 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Test
             result[2].Should().Be(@"TV");
             result[3].Should().Be(@"Series Title");
         }
+
+        [TestCase(@"C:\Test\")]
+        [TestCase(@"C:\Test")]
+        [TestCase(@"C:\Test\TV\")]
+        [TestCase(@"C:\Test\TV")]
+        public void IsPathValid_should_be_true(string path)
+        {
+            path.AsOsAgnostic().IsPathValid(PathValidationType.CurrentOs).Should().BeTrue();
+        }
+
+        [TestCase(@"C:\Test \")]
+        [TestCase(@"C:\Test ")]
+        [TestCase(@"C:\ Test\")]
+        [TestCase(@"C:\ Test")]
+        [TestCase(@"C:\Test \TV")]
+        [TestCase(@"C:\ Test\TV")]
+        [TestCase(@"C:\Test \TV\")]
+        [TestCase(@"C:\ Test\TV\")]
+        [TestCase(@" C:\Test\TV\")]
+        [TestCase(@" C:\Test\TV")]
+
+        public void IsPathValid_should_be_false(string path)
+        {
+            path.AsOsAgnostic().IsPathValid(PathValidationType.CurrentOs).Should().BeFalse();
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Common/Extensions/PathExtensions.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Common/Extensions/PathExtensions.cs
index 280083e4c..a61830931 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Common/Extensions/PathExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Common/Extensions/PathExtensions.cs
@@ -154,6 +154,23 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Extensions
                 return false;
             }
 
+            if (path.Trim() != path)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            var directoryInfo = new DirectoryInfo(path);
+
+            while (directoryInfo != null)
+            {
+                if (directoryInfo.Name.Trim() != directoryInfo.Name)
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                directoryInfo = directoryInfo.Parent;
+            }
+
             if (validationType == PathValidationType.AnyOs)
             {
                 return IsPathValidForWindows(path) || IsPathValidForNonWindows(path);
@@ -291,6 +308,11 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Extensions
             return processName;
         }
 
+        public static string CleanPath(this string path)
+        {
+            return Path.Join(path.Split(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar).Select(s => s.Trim()).ToArray());
+        }
+
         public static string GetAppDataPath(this IAppFolderInfo appFolderInfo)
         {
             return appFolderInfo.AppDataFolder;
diff --git a/src/Sonarr.Api.V3/Series/SeriesController.cs b/src/Sonarr.Api.V3/Series/SeriesController.cs
index 14ee8f465..e1d50ec0f 100644
--- a/src/Sonarr.Api.V3/Series/SeriesController.cs
+++ b/src/Sonarr.Api.V3/Series/SeriesController.cs
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ namespace Sonarr.Api.V3.Series
                          .When(s => s.Path.IsNullOrWhiteSpace());
             PostValidator.RuleFor(s => s.Title).NotEmpty();
             PostValidator.RuleFor(s => s.TvdbId).GreaterThan(0).SetValidator(seriesExistsValidator);
-
-            PutValidator.RuleFor(s => s.Path).IsValidPath();
         }
 
         [HttpGet]