diff --git a/src/path.cc b/src/path.cc
index 78dd5804fc391d..af9dae4071d794 100644
--- a/src/path.cc
+++ b/src/path.cc
@@ -240,8 +240,7 @@ std::string PathResolve(Environment* env,
   const size_t numArgs = paths.size();
 
   for (int i = numArgs - 1; i >= -1 && !resolvedAbsolute; i--) {
-    const std::string& path =
-        (i >= 0) ? std::string(paths[i]) : env->GetCwd(env->exec_path());
+    const std::string& path = (i >= 0) ? std::string(paths[i]) : cwd;
 
     if (!path.empty()) {
       resolvedPath = std::string(path) + "/" + resolvedPath;