1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/editors/diff.c b/editors/diff.c
index 8d91b83bf..3e2048330 100644
--- a/editors/diff.c
+++ b/editors/diff.c
@@ -761,9 +761,9 @@ static int FAST_FUNC add_to_dirlist(const char *filename,
 {
         struct dlist *const l = userdata;
         const char *file = filename + l->len;
-        l->dl = xrealloc_vector(l->dl, 6, l->e);
         while(*file == '/')
                 file++;
+        l->dl = xrealloc_vector(l->dl, 6, l->e);
         l->dl[l->e] = xstrdup(file);
         l->e++;
         return TRUE;