1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/executable.c b/libbb/executable.c
index 32b37f29d..770aedc0c 100644
--- a/libbb/executable.c
+++ b/libbb/executable.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ char* FAST_FUNC find_executable(const char *filename, char **PATHp)
                 );
 #if ENABLE_PLATFORM_MINGW32
                 {
-                        char *w = alloc_system_drive(p);
+                        char *w = alloc_ext_space(p);
                         ex = add_win32_extension(w) || file_is_executable(w);
                         free(p);
                         p = w;