diff --git a/llvm/lib/Support/Unix/Path.inc b/llvm/lib/Support/Unix/Path.inc
--- a/llvm/lib/Support/Unix/Path.inc
+++ b/llvm/lib/Support/Unix/Path.inc
@@ -380,20 +380,22 @@
     return std::error_code();
   }
 
-  result.reserve(PATH_MAX);
+  result.resize_for_overwrite(PATH_MAX);
 
   while (true) {
-    if (::getcwd(result.data(), result.capacity()) == nullptr) {
+    if (::getcwd(result.data(), result.size()) == nullptr) {
       // See if there was a real error.
-      if (errno != ENOMEM)
+      if (errno != ENOMEM) {
+        result.clear();
         return std::error_code(errno, std::generic_category());
+      }
       // Otherwise there just wasn't enough space.
-      result.reserve(result.capacity() * 2);
+      result.resize_for_overwrite(result.capacity() * 2);
     } else
       break;
   }
 
-  result.set_size(strlen(result.data()));
+  result.truncate(strlen(result.data()));
   return std::error_code();
 }