diff --git a/src/meta/windows_utils.rs b/src/meta/windows_utils.rs
index 3912868..5095022 100644
--- a/src/meta/windows_utils.rs
+++ b/src/meta/windows_utils.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use super::{Owner, Permissions};
 
 const BUF_SIZE: u32 = 256;
 
-pub fn get_file_data(path: &PathBuf) -> Result<(Owner, Permissions), io::Error> {
+pub fn get_file_data(path: &Path) -> Result<(Owner, Permissions), io::Error> {
     // Overall design:
     // This function allocates some data with GetNamedSecurityInfoW,
     // manipulates it only through WinAPI calls (treating the pointers as