1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/win32/process.c b/win32/process.c
index 65c65b0d0..62be6e0cc 100644
--- a/win32/process.c
+++ b/win32/process.c
@@ -368,7 +368,9 @@ mingw_spawnvp(int mode, const char *cmd, char *const *argv)
                 }
                 if (unix_path(cmd))
                         cmd = bb_basename(cmd);
-        } else if ((path = find_first_executable(cmd)) != NULL) {
+        }
+
+        if (!has_path(cmd) && (path = find_first_executable(cmd)) != NULL) {
                 ret = mingw_spawn_interpreter(mode, path, argv, NULL, 0);
                 free(path);
                 return ret;