diff --git a/usr.sbin/rpki-client/repo.c b/usr.sbin/rpki-client/repo.c
index 4c5e6ee6e1d..a88ab01b14e 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/rpki-client/repo.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/rpki-client/repo.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: repo.c,v 1.70 2024/11/13 12:51:04 tb Exp $ */
+/*	$OpenBSD: repo.c,v 1.71 2024/12/19 13:23:38 job Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2021 Claudio Jeker <claudio@openbsd.org>
  * Copyright (c) 2019 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
@@ -1264,6 +1264,20 @@ repo_byid(unsigned int id)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static struct repo *
+repo_rsync_bypath(const char *path)
+{
+	struct repo	*rp;
+
+	SLIST_FOREACH(rp, &repos, entry) {
+		if (rp->rsync == NULL)
+			continue;
+		if (strcmp(rp->basedir, path) == 0)
+			return rp;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 /*
  * Find repository by base path.
  */
@@ -1892,7 +1906,8 @@ repo_cleanup_entry(FTSENT *e, struct filepath_tree *tree, int cachefd)
 		}
 		if (e->fts_level == 3 && fts_state.type == RSYNC_DIR) {
 			/* .rsync/rpki.example.org/repository */
-			fts_state.rp = repo_bypath(path + strlen(".rsync/"));
+			fts_state.rp = repo_rsync_bypath(path +
+			    strlen(".rsync/"));
 		}
 		break;
 	case FTS_DP: