1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/abspath.c b/abspath.c
index ca33558a91..c0c868fc22 100644
--- a/abspath.c
+++ b/abspath.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static const char *real_path_internal(const char *path, int die_on_error)
 	 * here so that we can chdir() back to it at the end of the
 	 * function:
 	 */
-	char cwd[1024] = "";
+	static char cwd[PATH_MAX];
 
 	int buf_index = 1;
 
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ static const char *real_path_internal(const char *path, int die_on_error)
 	char *last_elem = NULL;
 	struct stat st;
 
+	*cwd = '\0';
+
 	/* We've already done it */
 	if (path == buf || path == next_buf)
 		return path;