diff --git a/headers/private/kernel/fs/KPath.h b/headers/private/kernel/fs/KPath.h
index 5b4bbe4918..6474868126 100644
--- a/headers/private/kernel/fs/KPath.h
+++ b/headers/private/kernel/fs/KPath.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class KPath {
 
 		status_t SetTo(const char *path, bool normalize = false,
 			size_t bufferSize = B_PATH_NAME_LENGTH);
+		void Adopt(KPath& other);
 
 		status_t InitCheck() const;
 
diff --git a/src/system/kernel/fs/KPath.cpp b/src/system/kernel/fs/KPath.cpp
index 7d06db50e5..2ad3cb5c53 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/fs/KPath.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/fs/KPath.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,18 @@ KPath::SetTo(const char* path, bool normalize, size_t bufferSize)
 }
 
 
+void
+KPath::Adopt(KPath& other)
+{
+	free(fBuffer);
+
+	fBuffer = other.fBuffer;
+	fBufferSize = other.fBufferSize;
+
+	other.fBuffer = NULL;	
+}
+
+
 status_t
 KPath::InitCheck() const
 {
@@ -257,7 +269,7 @@ KPath::Append(const char *component, bool isComponent)
 KPath&
 KPath::operator=(const KPath& other)
 {
-	SetTo(other.fBuffer, other.fBufferSize);
+	SetTo(other.fBuffer, false, other.fBufferSize);
 	return *this;
 }