diff --git a/src/system/kernel/fs/KPath.cpp b/src/system/kernel/fs/KPath.cpp
index 0f86345af4..815b0dafbc 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/fs/KPath.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/fs/KPath.cpp
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ KPath::Adopt(KPath& other)
 
 	fBuffer = other.fBuffer;
 	fBufferSize = other.fBufferSize;
+	fPathLength = other.fPathLength;
 
 	other.fBuffer = NULL;
 	other.fBufferSize = 0;
diff --git a/src/tests/system/kernel/fs/KPathTest.cpp b/src/tests/system/kernel/fs/KPathTest.cpp
index 117c605c5a..9617c4bcfa 100644
--- a/src/tests/system/kernel/fs/KPathTest.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/system/kernel/fs/KPathTest.cpp
@@ -179,19 +179,19 @@ KPathTest::TestRemoveLeaf()
 void
 KPathTest::TestAdopt()
 {
-	KPath one("one", false, 10);
+	KPath one("first", false, 10);
 	CPPUNIT_ASSERT(one.InitCheck() == B_OK);
 	CPPUNIT_ASSERT(one.BufferSize() == 10);
-	CPPUNIT_ASSERT(one.Length() == 3);
-	KPath two("two", false, 20);
+	CPPUNIT_ASSERT(one.Length() == 5);
+	KPath two("second", false, 20);
 	CPPUNIT_ASSERT(two.InitCheck() == B_OK);
 	CPPUNIT_ASSERT(two.BufferSize() == 20);
 
 	one.Adopt(two);
 	CPPUNIT_ASSERT(one.InitCheck() == B_OK);
 	CPPUNIT_ASSERT(one.BufferSize() == 20);
-	CPPUNIT_ASSERT(one.Length() == 3);
-	CPPUNIT_ASSERT(strcmp(one.Path(), "two") == 0);
+	CPPUNIT_ASSERT(one.Length() == 6);
+	CPPUNIT_ASSERT(strcmp(one.Path(), "second") == 0);
 	CPPUNIT_ASSERT(two.Length() == 0);
 	CPPUNIT_ASSERT(two.BufferSize() == 0);
 //	CPPUNIT_ASSERT(two.InitCheck() == B_NO_INIT);