diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3a296c7..70fe0f5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 *~
 .emacs*
+*.o
+.deps/
+.dirstamp
+module.spec
diff --git a/wordsplit.c b/wordsplit.c
index 9139e85..ea502df 100644
--- a/wordsplit.c
+++ b/wordsplit.c
@@ -2149,7 +2149,7 @@ wordsplit_pathexpand (struct wordsplit *wsp)
 
 	    default:
 	      free (pattern);
-	      return _wsplt_setctxerr (wsp, WRDSE_GLOBERR, pattern, slen);
+	      return _wsplt_setctxerr (wsp, WRDSE_GLOBERR, str, slen);
 	    }
 
 	  prev = p;