diff --git a/builtin/merge-tree.c b/builtin/merge-tree.c
index fc00d794d641c146023a78d7d8e4143f0fdac302..9b25ddc9794efe489ee9ec9fd3203ffa997f03f7 100644
--- a/builtin/merge-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/merge-tree.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ static void *result(struct merge_list *entry, unsigned long *size)
 {
 	enum object_type type;
 	struct blob *base, *our, *their;
+	const char *path = entry->path;
 
 	if (!entry->stage)
 		return read_sha1_file(entry->blob->object.sha1, &type, size);
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ static void *result(struct merge_list *entry, unsigned long *size)
 	their = NULL;
 	if (entry)
 		their = entry->blob;
-	return merge_file(entry->path, base, our, their, size);
+	return merge_file(path, base, our, their, size);
 }
 
 static void *origin(struct merge_list *entry, unsigned long *size)
diff --git a/t/t4300-merge-tree.sh b/t/t4300-merge-tree.sh
index 1eba8623695561372aab192a8608130f1a0fda18..46c3fe76d3867be394c6b9089a4aa9a1f3f6bba0 100755
--- a/t/t4300-merge-tree.sh
+++ b/t/t4300-merge-tree.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ EXPECTED
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
-test_expect_failure 'file add !A, B' '
+test_expect_success 'file add !A, B' '
 	cat >expected <<\EXPECTED &&
 added in local
   our    100644 43d5a8ed6ef6c00ff775008633f95787d088285d ONE
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ EXPECTED
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
-test_expect_failure 'file remove !A, B' '
+test_expect_success 'file remove !A, B' '
 	cat >expected <<\EXPECTED &&
 removed in remote
   base   100644 43d5a8ed6ef6c00ff775008633f95787d088285d ONE
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ EXPECTED
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
-test_expect_failure 'file change A, remove B' '
+test_expect_success 'file change A, remove B' '
 	cat >expected <<\EXPECTED &&
 removed in remote
   base   100644 43d5a8ed6ef6c00ff775008633f95787d088285d ONE