diff --git a/builtin/ls-tree.c b/builtin/ls-tree.c
index bdb03f36629fc01f27693791b726fea29fe6d903..1c4f48ea8f2b02c09685e35ace5fc94519447c32 100644
--- a/builtin/ls-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/ls-tree.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static int show_recursive(const char *base, int baselen, const char *pathname)
 	if (ls_options & LS_RECURSIVE)
 		return 1;
 
-	s = pathspec.raw;
+	s = pathspec._raw;
 	if (!s)
 		return 0;
 
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 9423fbb627bafcee66e7e8e50148539b15d05f3c..bf224986db04718dcf0bee556214b1e8b6969c86 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ int fill_directory(struct dir_struct *dir, const struct pathspec *pathspec)
 	len = common_prefix_len(pathspec);
 
 	/* Read the directory and prune it */
-	read_directory(dir, pathspec->nr ? pathspec->raw[0] : "", len, pathspec);
+	read_directory(dir, pathspec->nr ? pathspec->_raw[0] : "", len, pathspec);
 	return len;
 }
 
@@ -1293,7 +1293,7 @@ int read_directory(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *path, int len, const stru
 	if (has_symlink_leading_path(path, len))
 		return dir->nr;
 
-	simplify = create_simplify(pathspec ? pathspec->raw : NULL);
+	simplify = create_simplify(pathspec ? pathspec->_raw : NULL);
 	if (!len || treat_leading_path(dir, path, len, simplify))
 		read_directory_recursive(dir, path, len, 0, simplify);
 	free_simplify(simplify);
diff --git a/pathspec.c b/pathspec.c
index 3d1386de851ac4125b4270358006c46182c86553..da802e22a01ca0bc255961c745e14841fa7d2990 100644
--- a/pathspec.c
+++ b/pathspec.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ void parse_pathspec(struct pathspec *pathspec,
 		raw[0] = prefix;
 		raw[1] = NULL;
 		pathspec->nr = 1;
-		pathspec->raw = raw;
+		pathspec->_raw = raw;
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ void parse_pathspec(struct pathspec *pathspec,
 
 	pathspec->nr = n;
 	pathspec->items = item = xmalloc(sizeof(*item) * n);
-	pathspec->raw = argv;
+	pathspec->_raw = argv;
 	prefixlen = prefix ? strlen(prefix) : 0;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ const char **get_pathspec(const char *prefix, const char **pathspec)
 		       PATHSPEC_ALL_MAGIC & ~PATHSPEC_FROMTOP,
 		       PATHSPEC_PREFER_CWD,
 		       prefix, pathspec);
-	return ps.raw;
+	return ps._raw;
 }
 
 void copy_pathspec(struct pathspec *dst, const struct pathspec *src)
diff --git a/pathspec.h b/pathspec.h
index 31a9c96237d7cb285df87026cf26fe8dfd127d43..0f6739dc677701cd71d8c11e5c2a38c9b3e4f646 100644
--- a/pathspec.h
+++ b/pathspec.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #define PATHSPEC_ONESTAR 1	/* the pathspec pattern sastisfies GFNM_ONESTAR */
 
 struct pathspec {
-	const char **raw; /* get_pathspec() result, not freed by free_pathspec() */
+	const char **_raw; /* get_pathspec() result, not freed by free_pathspec() */
 	int nr;
 	unsigned int has_wildcard:1;
 	unsigned int recursive:1;