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diff --git a/flower/file-name.cc b/flower/file-name.cc
index 14812a034c..27ce6df6f8 100644
--- a/flower/file-name.cc
+++ b/flower/file-name.cc
@@ -97,9 +97,8 @@ string
 get_working_directory ()
 {
   char cwd[PATH_MAX];
-  getcwd (cwd, PATH_MAX);
-
-  return string (cwd);
+  // getcwd returns NULL upon a failure, contents of cwd would be undefined!
+  return string (getcwd (cwd, PATH_MAX));
 }
 
 /* Join components to full file_name. */