Merge branch 'master' into tar-coverity-fixes
diff --git a/tar/util.c b/tar/util.c
index 2b4aebe..8f65b17 100644
--- a/tar/util.c
+++ b/tar/util.c
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@
 		} else {
 			/* Leave fmtbuff pointing to the truncated
 			 * string in fmtbuff_stack. */
+			fmtbuff = fmtbuff_stack;
 			length = sizeof(fmtbuff_stack) - 1;
 			break;
 		}