diff --git a/winsup/utils/ChangeLog b/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
index 9a5e01899..3eadd6b84 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-02-08  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* cygcheck.cc (find_on_path): Create copy of rv on successful access
+	check, since rv can be reused in subsequent calls.
+
 2006-01-19  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
 
 	* cygcheck.cc (common_paths): Add "patch".
diff --git a/winsup/utils/cygcheck.cc b/winsup/utils/cygcheck.cc
index 42c6556a4..44e06321e 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/cygcheck.cc
+++ b/winsup/utils/cygcheck.cc
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ find_on_path (char *file, char *default_extension,
 	return fn;
       strcpy (rv, fn);
       strcat (rv, default_extension);
-      return access (rv, F_OK) == 0 ? rv : fn;
+      return access (rv, F_OK) == 0 ? strdup (rv) : fn;
     }
 
   if (strchr (file, '.'))