diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index 84f578eec..0a19e79bc 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ void AutoDelete::cancel()
 }
 
 void AutoDelete::reset(const Path & p, bool recursive = true) {
-    this-> p = p;
+    path = p;
     this->recursive = recursive;
     del = true;
 }