diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
index 76e8872622e435..c1cb54b7b8b478 100644
--- a/path.c
+++ b/path.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ int normalize_absolute_path(char *buf, const char *path)
 			goto next;
 		}
 
-		memcpy(dst, comp_start, comp_len);
+		memmove(dst, comp_start, comp_len);
 		dst += comp_len;
 	next:
 		comp_start = comp_end;