diff -up netkit-ftp-0.17/ftp/cmds.c.case netkit-ftp-0.17/ftp/cmds.c
--- netkit-ftp-0.17/ftp/cmds.c.case	2008-04-23 14:52:59.000000000 +0200
+++ netkit-ftp-0.17/ftp/cmds.c	2008-04-23 14:58:07.000000000 +0200
@@ -831,8 +831,11 @@ mget(int argc, char **argv)
 						tp++;
 						tp2++;
 					}
+					tp = tmpbuf;
+				}
+				else {
+					tp = cp;
 				}
-				tp = tmpbuf;
 			}
 			if (ntflag) {
 				tp = dotrans(tp);