1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/xrdb.c b/src/xrdb.c
index 2b7888ebe84..988db614c41 100644
--- a/src/xrdb.c
+++ b/src/xrdb.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ gethomedir ()
     }
 
   if (ptr == NULL)
-    return "/";
+    return xstrdup ("/");
 
   copy = (char *) malloc (strlen (ptr) + 2);
   strcpy (copy, ptr);