1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
index 259aeed846..17551c4834 100644
--- a/path.c
+++ b/path.c
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ static void do_submodule_path(struct strbuf *buf, const char *path,
 		strbuf_addstr(buf, git_dir);
 	}
 	strbuf_addch(buf, '/');
-	strbuf_addstr(&git_submodule_dir, buf->buf);
+	strbuf_addbuf(&git_submodule_dir, buf);
 
 	strbuf_vaddf(buf, fmt, args);