diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/file/dir.c b/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/file/dir.c
index b5e1dc208e6..be2256e6852 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/file/dir.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/file/dir.c
@@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ DWORD STDCALL GetLongPathNameW( LPCWSTR shortpath, LPWSTR longpath, DWORD longle
     LPCWSTR             p;
     DWORD               sp = 0, lp = 0;
     DWORD               tmplen;
-    BOOL                unixabsolute = (shortpath[0] == '/');
+    BOOL                unixabsolute;
     WIN32_FIND_DATAW    wfd;
     HANDLE              goit;
 
@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ DWORD STDCALL GetLongPathNameW( LPCWSTR shortpath, LPWSTR longpath, DWORD longle
         lstrcpynW( longpath, shortpath, longlen );
         return wcslen(longpath);
     }
-
+    unixabsolute = (shortpath[0] == '/');
     /* check for drive letter */
     if (!unixabsolute && shortpath[1] == ':' )
     {