diff --git a/src/csync_update.c b/src/csync_update.c
index 815079afd5..c62fcdf1e2 100644
--- a/src/csync_update.c
+++ b/src/csync_update.c
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ static int _csync_detect_update(CSYNC *ctx, const char *file,
   }
 
   path = file;
-  len = strlen(path);
   switch (ctx->current) {
   case LOCAL_REPLICA:
     if (strlen(path) <= strlen(ctx->local.uri)) {
@@ -111,6 +110,8 @@ static int _csync_detect_update(CSYNC *ctx, const char *file,
     break;
   }
 
+  len = strlen(path);
+
   h = _hash_of_file(ctx, file );
   if( h == 0 ) {
     return -1;