diff --git a/exec_cmd.c b/exec_cmd.c
index 9b74ed2..33b17a6 100644
--- a/exec_cmd.c
+++ b/exec_cmd.c
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 
 extern char **environ;
 static const char *builtin_exec_path = GIT_EXEC_PATH;
-static const char *current_exec_path;
+static const char *argv_exec_path;
 
-void git_set_exec_path(const char *exec_path)
+void git_set_argv_exec_path(const char *exec_path)
 {
-	current_exec_path = exec_path;
+	argv_exec_path = exec_path;
 }
 
 
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 {
 	const char *env;
 
-	if (current_exec_path)
-		return current_exec_path;
+	if (argv_exec_path)
+		return argv_exec_path;
 
 	env = getenv(EXEC_PATH_ENVIRONMENT);
 	if (env && *env) {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 {
 	char git_command[PATH_MAX + 1];
 	int i;
-	const char *paths[] = { current_exec_path,
+	const char *paths[] = { argv_exec_path,
 				getenv(EXEC_PATH_ENVIRONMENT),
 				builtin_exec_path };
 
diff --git a/exec_cmd.h b/exec_cmd.h
index 849a839..da99287 100644
--- a/exec_cmd.h
+++ b/exec_cmd.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef GIT_EXEC_CMD_H
 #define GIT_EXEC_CMD_H
 
-extern void git_set_exec_path(const char *exec_path);
+extern void git_set_argv_exec_path(const char *exec_path);
 extern const char* git_exec_path(void);
 extern int execv_git_cmd(const char **argv); /* NULL terminated */
 extern int execl_git_cmd(const char *cmd, ...);
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index efed91c..c7cabf5 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 		if (!prefixcmp(cmd, "--exec-path")) {
 			cmd += 11;
 			if (*cmd == '=')
-				git_set_exec_path(cmd + 1);
+				git_set_argv_exec_path(cmd + 1);
 			else {
 				puts(git_exec_path());
 				exit(0);