diff --git a/src/Codeception/Util/Shared/Namespaces.php b/src/Codeception/Util/Shared/Namespaces.php
index 1a2ddfa69e..75cdd0b3a0 100644
--- a/src/Codeception/Util/Shared/Namespaces.php
+++ b/src/Codeception/Util/Shared/Namespaces.php
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ protected function breakParts($class)
     {
         $class      = str_replace('/', '\\', $class);
         $namespaces = explode('\\', $class);
-        if (count($namespaces)) {
-            $namespaces[0] = ltrim($namespaces[0], '\\');
-        }
-        if (!$namespaces[0]) {
+        $namespaces[0] = ltrim($namespaces[0], '\\');
+
+        if ($namespaces[0] === '' || $namespaces[0] === '.') {
+            // remove empty namespace caused of \\ and . namespace
             array_shift($namespaces);
-        } // remove empty namespace caused of \\
+        }
         return $namespaces;
     }