diff --git a/doc/apiref.rst b/doc/apiref.rst
index 4bfb6879..9b075d32 100644
--- a/doc/apiref.rst
+++ b/doc/apiref.rst
@@ -648,6 +648,13 @@ allowed in object keys.
    Get a value corresponding to *key* from *object*. Returns *NULL* if
    *key* is not found and on error.
 
+.. function:: json_t *json_object_get_path(const json_t* object, size_t depth, ...)
+
+   .. refcounting:: borrow
+
+   Get a value corresponding to the path from *object*. Returns *NULL* if
+   the object is not found and on error.
+   
 .. function:: json_t *json_object_getn(const json_t *object, const char *key, size_t key_len)
 
    .. refcounting:: borrow
diff --git a/src/jansson.def b/src/jansson.def
index 5c76c2f6..edf2dea9 100644
--- a/src/jansson.def
+++ b/src/jansson.def
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ EXPORTS
     json_object_size
     json_object_get
     json_object_getn
+    json_object_get_path
     json_object_set_new
     json_object_setn_new
     json_object_set_new_nocheck
diff --git a/src/jansson.h b/src/jansson.h
index a2ac2eea..bdde4329 100644
--- a/src/jansson.h
+++ b/src/jansson.h
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ void json_object_seed(size_t seed);
 size_t json_object_size(const json_t *object);
 json_t *json_object_get(const json_t *object, const char *key)
     JANSSON_ATTRS((warn_unused_result));
-json_t *json_object_get_path(const json_t* root, size_t depth, ...);
+json_t *json_object_get_path(const json_t* object, size_t depth, ...);
 json_t *json_object_getn(const json_t *object, const char *key, size_t key_len)
     JANSSON_ATTRS((warn_unused_result));
 int json_object_set_new(json_t *object, const char *key, json_t *value);
diff --git a/src/value.c b/src/value.c
index bd0cb4d3..0acaa0a0 100644
--- a/src/value.c
+++ b/src/value.c
@@ -105,9 +105,11 @@ json_t *json_object_get(const json_t *json, const char *key) {
 
 json_t *json_object_get_path(json_t* object, size_t depth, ...){
     va_list path;
+    size_t i = 0;
+
     va_start(path, depth);
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < depth; i++)
-    {
+
+    for (i = 0; i < depth; i++){
         if(object->type == JSON_ARRAY){
             object = json_array_get(object, va_arg(path, size_t));
             if(!object){
@@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ json_t *json_object_get_path(json_t* object, size_t depth, ...){
             }
             continue;
         }
-        json_type object_t = va_arg(path, json_type);
+        json_type object = va_arg(path, json_type);
         object = json_object_get(object, va_arg(path, const char*));
         if(!object){
             return NULL;
@@ -125,6 +127,8 @@ json_t *json_object_get_path(json_t* object, size_t depth, ...){
         }
     }
 
+    va_end(path);
+
     return object;
 }