diff --git a/src/fs_find_mount_point.cpp b/src/fs_find_mount_point.cpp
index a1282610..6e1d4790 100644
--- a/src/fs_find_mount_point.cpp
+++ b/src/fs_find_mount_point.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ fs::find_mount_point(const ghc::filesystem::path &path_)
   int rv;
   struct stat initial_st;
   struct stat tmp_st;
+  ghc::filesystem::path tmp_path;
 
   rv = fs::lstat(path_,&initial_st);
   if(rv == -1)