diff --git a/builtin/clean.c b/builtin/clean.c
index 8f602c9f41..fb24030751 100644
--- a/builtin/clean.c
+++ b/builtin/clean.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ int cmd_clean(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	int i;
 	int show_only = 0, remove_directories = 0, quiet = 0, ignored = 0;
-	int ignored_only = 0, baselen = 0, config_set = 0, errors = 0;
+	int ignored_only = 0, config_set = 0, errors = 0;
 	int rm_flags = REMOVE_DIR_KEEP_NESTED_GIT;
 	struct strbuf directory = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct dir_struct dir;
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ int cmd_clean(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		if (pathspec) {
 			memset(seen, 0, argc > 0 ? argc : 1);
 			matches = match_pathspec(pathspec, ent->name, len,
-						 baselen, seen);
+						 0, seen);
 		}
 
 		if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {