1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/win32/mingw.c b/win32/mingw.c
index d323014b7..87e7ca602 100644
--- a/win32/mingw.c
+++ b/win32/mingw.c
@@ -1767,16 +1767,18 @@ int mingw_mkdir(const char *path, int mode UNUSED_PARAM)
 int mingw_chdir(const char *dirname)
 {
         int ret = -1;
-        const char *realdir = dirname;
+        char *realdir;
 
-        if (is_symlink(dirname)) {
-                realdir = auto_string(xmalloc_realpath(dirname));
-                if (realdir)
-                        fix_path_case((char *)realdir);
-        }
+        if (is_symlink(dirname))
+                realdir = xmalloc_realpath(dirname);
+        else
+                realdir = xstrdup(dirname);
 
-        if (realdir)
+        if (realdir) {
+                fix_path_case(realdir);
                 ret = chdir(realdir);
+        }
+        free(realdir);
 
         return ret;
 }