diff --git a/src/vol/namei_ops.c b/src/vol/namei_ops.c
index ef8d4fce81..dcd7dbefc7 100644
--- a/src/vol/namei_ops.c
+++ b/src/vol/namei_ops.c
@@ -1908,7 +1908,7 @@ _namei_examine_special(char * path1,
 /**
  * examine a namei file.
  *
- * @param[in] path1               volume special directory path
+ * @param[in] path3               volume special directory path
  * @param[in] dname               directory entry name
  * @param[in] myIH                inode handle to volume directory
  * @param[in] linkHandle          namei link count fd handle.
@@ -1948,7 +1948,7 @@ _namei_examine_reg(char * path3,
     int ret = 0;
     struct ViceInodeInfo info;
 #ifdef DELETE_ZLC
-    int i; /* Windows-only (one level hash dir) */
+    int dirl; /* Windows-only (one level hash dir) */
 #endif
 
     if (DecodeInode(path3, dname, &info, myIH->ih_vid) < 0) {
@@ -1965,7 +1965,8 @@ _namei_examine_reg(char * path3,
 	/* defer -- the AddToZLCDeleteList() interface is not MT-safe */
 	ret = -2;
 #else /* !AFS_SALSRV_ENV */
-	AddToZLCDeleteList((char)i, dname);
+        dirl = path3[strlen(path3)-1];
+	AddToZLCDeleteList((char)dirl, dname);
 #endif /* !AFS_SALSRV_ENV */
 #else /* !DELETE_ZLC */
 	Log("Found 0 link count file %s" OS_DIRSEP "%s.\n", path3,