diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index f0a5c05bc7..c29ce81ccc 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -215,10 +215,10 @@ static int http_options(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 #endif
 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070908
 	if (!strcmp("http.sslcapath", var))
-		return git_config_string(&ssl_capath, var, value);
+		return git_config_pathname(&ssl_capath, var, value);
 #endif
 	if (!strcmp("http.sslcainfo", var))
-		return git_config_string(&ssl_cainfo, var, value);
+		return git_config_pathname(&ssl_cainfo, var, value);
 	if (!strcmp("http.sslcertpasswordprotected", var)) {
 		ssl_cert_password_required = git_config_bool(var, value);
 		return 0;