--- src/makepath.c.orig	Wed May  9 14:06:23 2007
+++ src/makepath.c	Wed May  9 14:06:46 2007
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ make_path (char *argpath,
 
   if (stat (dirpath, &stats))
     {
+      char *slash = dirpath;
       tmpmode = MODE_RWX & ~ newdir_umask;
       invert_permissions = we_are_root ? 0 : MODE_WXUSR & ~ tmpmode;
 
-      char *slash = dirpath;
       while (*slash == '/')
 	slash++;
       while ((slash = strchr (slash, '/')))
