diff --git a/src/fs_find_mount_point.cpp b/src/fs_find_mount_point.cpp
index 7b51609b..aea8f1e5 100644
--- a/src/fs_find_mount_point.cpp
+++ b/src/fs_find_mount_point.cpp
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ fs::find_mount_point(const ghc::filesystem::path &path_)
   if(rv == -1)
     return {};
 
-  tmp_path = path_.parent_path();
   while(tmp_path != "/")
     {
-      rv = fs::lstat(tmp_path,&tmp_st);
+      rv = fs::lstat(tmp_path.parent_path(),&tmp_st);
       if(rv == -1)
         return {};
       if(tmp_st.st_dev != initial_st.st_dev)