diff --git a/src/shared/path-util.c b/src/shared/path-util.c
index 70c8a8af06..dd12d3d634 100644
--- a/src/shared/path-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/path-util.c
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ char **path_strv_canonicalize(char **l) {
 
                 t = path_make_absolute_cwd(*s);
                 free(*s);
+                *s = NULL;
 
                 if (!t) {
                         enomem = true;