diff --git a/src/dialog/unix/SDL_portaldialog.c b/src/dialog/unix/SDL_portaldialog.c
index ece4e39db8..de75719eb8 100644
--- a/src/dialog/unix/SDL_portaldialog.c
+++ b/src/dialog/unix/SDL_portaldialog.c
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ cleanup:
         dbus->connection_remove_filter(conn, &DBus_MessageFilter, signal_data);
 
         if (path) {
-            for (size_t i = 0; i < length; ++i) {
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < current; ++i) {
                 SDL_free((char *)path[i]);
             }
         }