diff --git a/libtransmission/platform.c b/libtransmission/platform.c
index 1a8d8467f..c85495e59 100644
--- a/libtransmission/platform.c
+++ b/libtransmission/platform.c
@@ -393,7 +393,8 @@ tr_getPrefsDirectory( void )
 
 #ifdef SYS_DARWIN
     char old[MAX_PATH_LENGTH];
-    tr_buildPath ( old, sizeof(old), h, ".transmission", NULL );
+    tr_buildPath ( old, sizeof(old),
+                   tr_getHomeDirectory(), ".transmission", NULL );
     tr_migrateResume( old, buf );
     rmdir( old );
 #endif