diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 5bc839582..03b71fe95 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-08-04  Christopher Faylor  <me+cygwin@cgf.cx>
+
+	* path.cc (patch_conv::check): Zero path before setting it.
+
 2009-08-04  Christopher Faylor  <me+cygwin@cgf.cx>
 
 	* fhandler_socket.cc (fhandler_socket::send_internal): Just use wmem
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.h b/winsup/cygwin/path.h
index 35a032b51..40aaf4498 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.h
@@ -165,8 +165,9 @@ class path_conv
 	      const suffix_info *suffixes = NULL) __attribute__ ((regparm(3)));
 
   path_conv (const device& in_dev)
-  : fileattr (INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES), wide_path (NULL), path_flags (0),
-    known_suffix (NULL), normalized_path (NULL), error (0), dev (in_dev)
+  : fileattr (INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES), wide_path (NULL), path (NULL),
+    path_flags (0), known_suffix (NULL), normalized_path (NULL), error (0),
+    dev (in_dev)
   {
     set_path (in_dev.native);
   }