1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/sm_manager.c b/src/sm_manager.c
index f2b4cd1..c75764f 100644
--- a/src/sm_manager.c
+++ b/src/sm_manager.c
@@ -76,7 +76,10 @@ _SmsProtocolSetupProc (IceConn    iceConn,
 
     if ((smsConn = (SmsConn) malloc (sizeof (struct _SmsConn))) == NULL)
     {
-	*failureReasonRet = strdup ("Memory allocation failed");
+	char *str = "Memory allocation failed";
+
+	if ((*failureReasonRet = (char *) malloc (strlen (str) + 1)) != NULL)
+	    strcpy (*failureReasonRet, str);
 
 	return (0);
     }