diff --git a/utils/deploy_tool/main.cpp b/utils/deploy_tool/main.cpp
index 7f44d00d..48825e35 100644
--- a/utils/deploy_tool/main.cpp
+++ b/utils/deploy_tool/main.cpp
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ void patchRPath(const PIString & file, bool eval) {
 	PIString rp = rpath;
 	if (eval) {
 		PIFile::FileInfo fi(file);
-		PIString rp = PIDir(fi.dir()).relative(out_dir);
+		rp = PIDir(fi.dir()).relative(out_dir);
 		if (rp.isEmpty()) rp = ".";
 		rp.prepend("\\$ORIGIN/");
 	}