1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/win32/mingw.c b/win32/mingw.c
index 4ea18960e..03d4fbad4 100644
--- a/win32/mingw.c
+++ b/win32/mingw.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ static int do_lstat(int follow, const char *file_name, struct mingw_stat *buf)
 static int do_stat_internal(int follow, const char *file_name, struct mingw_stat *buf)
 {
         int namelen;
-        static char alt_name[PATH_MAX];
+        char alt_name[PATH_MAX];
 
         if (!do_lstat(follow, file_name, buf))
                 return 0;