diff --git a/dodoc.sh b/dodoc.sh
index ca9893ae2e..dc36de5f46 100755
--- a/dodoc.sh
+++ b/dodoc.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ unset GIT_DIR
 test "$DOCREPO" != "" &&
 cd "$DOCREPO" || exit $?
 
+DOCREPO=`pwd`
+
 tmp=`pwd`/.doctmp-$$
 trap 'rm -f "$tmp".*' 0