diff --git a/src/hwmon.c b/src/hwmon.c
index 2bce94a3d..3841696b8 100644
--- a/src/hwmon.c
+++ b/src/hwmon.c
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ static int nvml_init (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
 
     nvml_winpath = (char *) hcmalloc (100);
 
-    hc_fread (nvml_winpath, 100, 1, nvml_lib);
+    hc_fread_direct (nvml_winpath, 100, 1, nvml_lib);
 
     fclose (nvml_lib);