diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file.c
index bf9c0747e6..45cbe401cf 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file.c
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ ecore_file_escape_name(const char *filename)
 {
    const char *p;
    char *q;
-   static char buf[PATH_MAX];
+   char buf[PATH_MAX];
    
    p = filename;
    q = buf;