diff --git a/src/os/win32/peb.c b/src/os/win32/peb.c
index ed0147d1..4fdbfcb8 100644
--- a/src/os/win32/peb.c
+++ b/src/os/win32/peb.c
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ int sigar_proc_exe_peb_get(sigar_t *sigar, HANDLE proc,
     RTL_USER_PROCESS_PARAMETERS rtl;
     DWORD size;
 
+    procexe->name[0] = '\0';
+    procexe->cwd[0] = '\0';
+
     if ((status = sigar_rtl_get(sigar, proc, &rtl)) != SIGAR_OK) {
         return status;
     }
@@ -111,9 +114,6 @@ int sigar_proc_exe_peb_get(sigar_t *sigar, HANDLE proc,
     {
         SIGAR_W2A(buf, procexe->name, sizeof(procexe->name));
     }
-    else {
-        procexe->name[0] = '\0';
-    }
 
     size = rtl_bufsize(buf, rtl.CurrentDirectoryName);
     memset(buf, '\0', sizeof(buf));
@@ -123,9 +123,6 @@ int sigar_proc_exe_peb_get(sigar_t *sigar, HANDLE proc,
     {
         SIGAR_W2A(buf, procexe->cwd, sizeof(procexe->cwd));
     }
-    else {
-        procexe->cwd[0] = '\0';
-    }
 
     return SIGAR_OK;
 }
diff --git a/src/os/win32/win32_sigar.c b/src/os/win32/win32_sigar.c
index ccbd4456..c98af479 100644
--- a/src/os/win32/win32_sigar.c
+++ b/src/os/win32/win32_sigar.c
@@ -1605,9 +1605,9 @@ SIGAR_DECLARE(int) sigar_proc_exe_get(sigar_t *sigar, sigar_pid_t pid,
     }
 
     status = sigar_proc_exe_peb_get(sigar, proc, procexe);
-    if (status == ERROR_DATATYPE_MISMATCH) {
-        /* we are 32-bit, pid process is 64-bit */
-        procexe->cwd[0] = '\0'; /* XXX where else can we try? */
+    if (procexe->name[0] == '\0') {
+        /* likely we are 32-bit, pid process is 64-bit */
+        /* procexe->cwd[0] = XXX where else can we try? */
         status = sigar_proc_exe_wmi_get(sigar, pid, procexe);
     }