diff --git a/src/transports/ssh.c b/src/transports/ssh.c
index db950e53d..4a905e3c9 100644
--- a/src/transports/ssh.c
+++ b/src/transports/ssh.c
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ static int _git_ssh_setup_conn(
 	const char *cmd,
 	git_smart_subtransport_stream **stream)
 {
-	char *host=NULL, *port=NULL, *user=NULL, *pass=NULL;
+	char *host=NULL, *port=NULL, *path=NULL, *user=NULL, *pass=NULL;
 	const char *default_port="22";
 	ssh_stream *s;
 	LIBSSH2_SESSION* session=NULL;
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ static int _git_ssh_setup_conn(
 	s = (ssh_stream *)*stream;
 
 	if (!git__prefixcmp(url, prefix_ssh)) {
-		if (gitno_extract_url_parts(&host, &port, &user, &pass, url, default_port) < 0)
+		if (gitno_extract_url_parts(&host, &port, &path, &user, &pass, url, default_port) < 0)
 			goto on_error;
 	} else {
 		if (git_ssh_extract_url_parts(&host, &user, url) < 0)
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ static int _git_ssh_setup_conn(
 	t->current_stream = s;
 	git__free(host);
 	git__free(port);
+	git__free(path);
 	git__free(user);
 	git__free(pass);