diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
index 680c9633035..ed79897f55b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
@@ -1483,11 +1483,11 @@ QStringList GitClient::synchronousRepositoryBranches(const QString &repositoryUR
 
 void GitClient::launchGitK(const QString &workingDirectory)
 {
-    const QString gitBinDirectory = gitBinaryPath();
-    QDir foundBinDir(gitBinDirectory);
+    const QFileInfo binaryInfo(gitBinaryPath());
+    QDir foundBinDir(binaryInfo.dir());
     const bool foundBinDirIsCmdDir = foundBinDir.dirName() == "cmd";
     QProcessEnvironment env = processEnvironment();
-    if (tryLauchingGitK(env, workingDirectory, gitBinDirectory, foundBinDirIsCmdDir))
+    if (tryLauchingGitK(env, workingDirectory, foundBinDir.path(), foundBinDirIsCmdDir))
         return;
     if (!foundBinDirIsCmdDir)
         return;