diff --git a/geoclue/gc-web-service.c b/geoclue/gc-web-service.c
index 07d0106cdac774139e2d42d747c5e7b9e64d544e..0e4ab07ff3faee1ebee3c8d5d3031106e2b65c58 100644
--- a/geoclue/gc-web-service.c
+++ b/geoclue/gc-web-service.c
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ gc_web_service_get_string (GcWebService *self, gchar **value, gchar* xpath)
 	if (!obj) {
 		return FALSE;
 	}
-	*value = g_strdup ((char*)xmlXPathCastNodeSetToString (obj->nodesetval));
+	*value = (char*)xmlXPathCastNodeSetToString (obj->nodesetval);
 	xmlXPathFreeObject (obj);
 	return TRUE;
 }