1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 71443cdf85..d589b25562 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ int create_symref(const char *ref_target, const char *refs_heads_master,
 	const char *lockpath;
 	char ref[1000];
 	int fd, len, written;
-	char *git_HEAD = xstrdup(git_path("%s", ref_target));
+	char *git_HEAD = git_pathdup("%s", ref_target);
 	unsigned char old_sha1[20], new_sha1[20];
 
 	if (logmsg && read_ref(ref_target, old_sha1))