diff --git a/miscutils/crond.c b/miscutils/crond.c
index 4a3103c..7ba8bab 100644
--- a/miscutils/crond.c
+++ b/miscutils/crond.c
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ ForkJob(const char *user, CronLine *line, int mailFd,
 
 static void RunJob(const char *user, CronLine *line)
 {
-	char mailFile[128];
+	char mailFile[128], *mail_filename = NULL;
 	int mailFd = -1;
 
 	line->cl_Pid = 0;
@@ -836,6 +836,7 @@ static void RunJob(const char *user, CronLine *line)
 	if (line->cl_MailTo) {
 		/* open mail file - owner root so nobody can screw with it. */
 		snprintf(mailFile, sizeof(mailFile), "%s/cron.%s.%d", TMPDIR, user, getpid());
+		mail_filename = mailFile;
 		mailFd = open(mailFile, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY | O_EXCL | O_APPEND, 0600);
 
 		if (mailFd >= 0) {
@@ -849,7 +850,7 @@ static void RunJob(const char *user, CronLine *line)
 		}
 	}
 
-	ForkJob(user, line, mailFd, DEFAULT_SHELL, "-c", line->cl_Shell, mailFile);
+	ForkJob(user, line, mailFd, DEFAULT_SHELL, "-c", line->cl_Shell, mail_filename);
 }
 
 /*