diff --git a/libs/pbd/pathexpand.cc b/libs/pbd/pathexpand.cc
index ad53bea37b..89fc148ad7 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/pathexpand.cc
+++ b/libs/pbd/pathexpand.cc
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PBD::canonical_path (const std::string& path)
 {
 #ifdef WIN32
 	return path;
-#endif
+#else
 	char buf[PATH_MAX+1];
 
 	if (!realpath (path.c_str(), buf) && (errno != ENOENT)) {
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ PBD::canonical_path (const std::string& path)
 	}
 
 	return string (buf);
+#endif
 }
 
 string