diff --git a/src/find/mod.rs b/src/find/mod.rs
index 850b14d..984665e 100644
--- a/src/find/mod.rs
+++ b/src/find/mod.rs
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ fn parse_args(args: &[&str]) -> Result<ParsedInfo, Box<dyn Error>> {
     let matcher = matchers::build_top_level_matcher(&args[i..], &mut config)?;
     if let Some(new_paths) = &config.new_paths {
         if paths.len() == 1 && paths[0] == "." {
-            paths = new_paths.clone();
+            paths.clone_from(new_paths);
         } else {
             return Err(From::from(format!(
                 "extra operand '{}'\nfile operands cannot be combined with -files0-from",