1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/make_directory.c b/libbb/make_directory.c
index 7b7fde911..a06a410d2 100644
--- a/libbb/make_directory.c
+++ b/libbb/make_directory.c
@@ -50,13 +50,17 @@ int make_directory (char *path, long mode, int flags)
 
                 if (stat (path, &st) < 0 && errno == ENOENT) {
                         int status;
-                        char *parent = dirname (path);
-                        mode_t mask = umask (0);
+                        char *buf, *parent;
+                        mode_t mask;
+
+                        mask = umask (0);
                         umask (mask);
 
+                        buf = xstrdup (path);
+                        parent = dirname (buf);
                         status = make_directory (parent, (0777 & ~mask) | 0300,
                                         FILEUTILS_RECUR);
-                        free (parent);
+                        free (buf);
 
                         if (status < 0 || make_directory (path, mode, 0) < 0)
                                 return -1;