1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/copy_file.c b/libbb/copy_file.c
index b70d7b5e0..efb969faa 100644
--- a/libbb/copy_file.c
+++ b/libbb/copy_file.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ int copy_file(const char *source, const char *dest, int flags)
 
         if (S_ISDIR(source_stat.st_mode)) {
                 DIR *dp;
-                const char *existing_name;
+                const char *tp;
                 struct dirent *d;
                 mode_t saved_umask = 0;
 
@@ -124,11 +124,11 @@ int copy_file(const char *source, const char *dest, int flags)
                 }
 
                 /* Did we ever create source ourself before? */
-                existing_name = is_in_ino_dev_hashtable(&source_stat);
-                if (existing_name) {
+                tp = is_in_ino_dev_hashtable(&source_stat);
+                if (tp) {
                         /* We did! it's a recursion! man the lifeboats... */
                         bb_error_msg("recursion detected, omitting directory '%s'",
-                                        existing_name);
+                                        source);
                         return -1;
                 }
 
@@ -222,8 +222,7 @@ int copy_file(const char *source, const char *dest, int flags)
                 int dst_fd;
 
                 if (ENABLE_FEATURE_PRESERVE_HARDLINKS && !FLAGS_DEREF) {
-                        char *link_target;
-
+                        const char *link_target;
                         link_target = is_in_ino_dev_hashtable(&source_stat);
                         if (link_target) {
                                 if (link(link_target, dest) < 0) {