diff --git a/plugins/sudoers/gram.c b/plugins/sudoers/gram.c
index 564378018..6c87f80ef 100644
--- a/plugins/sudoers/gram.c
+++ b/plugins/sudoers/gram.c
@@ -3414,7 +3414,7 @@ free_privilege(struct privilege *priv)
 	    free(cs->runcwd);
 	}
 	if (cs->runchroot != runchroot) {
-	    runcwd = cs->runchroot;
+	    runchroot = cs->runchroot;
 	    free(cs->runchroot);
 	}
 #ifdef HAVE_SELINUX
diff --git a/plugins/sudoers/gram.y b/plugins/sudoers/gram.y
index e8923d3b8..6de76f9b3 100644
--- a/plugins/sudoers/gram.y
+++ b/plugins/sudoers/gram.y
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ free_privilege(struct privilege *priv)
 	    free(cs->runcwd);
 	}
 	if (cs->runchroot != runchroot) {
-	    runcwd = cs->runchroot;
+	    runchroot = cs->runchroot;
 	    free(cs->runchroot);
 	}
 #ifdef HAVE_SELINUX