diff --git a/src/conf/nwfilter_ipaddrmap.c b/src/conf/nwfilter_ipaddrmap.c
index 9c8584ce27..5668f366d8 100644
--- a/src/conf/nwfilter_ipaddrmap.c
+++ b/src/conf/nwfilter_ipaddrmap.c
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
 
 #include "internal.h"
 
+#include "viralloc.h"
 #include "virerror.h"
+#include "virstring.h"
 #include "datatypes.h"
 #include "nwfilter_params.h"
 #include "nwfilter_ipaddrmap.h"
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ virNWFilterIPAddrMapAddIPAddr(const char *ifname, char *addr)
 {
     int ret = -1;
     virNWFilterVarValuePtr val;
+    char *tmp = NULL;
 
     virMutexLock(&ipAddressMapLock);
 
@@ -65,14 +68,18 @@ virNWFilterIPAddrMapAddIPAddr(const char *ifname, char *addr)
             virNWFilterVarValueFree(val);
         goto cleanup;
     } else {
-        if (virNWFilterVarValueAddValue(val, addr) < 0)
+        if (VIR_STRDUP(tmp, addr) < 0)
             goto cleanup;
+        if (virNWFilterVarValueAddValue(val, tmp) < 0)
+            goto cleanup;
+        tmp = NULL;
     }
 
     ret = 0;
 
  cleanup:
     virMutexUnlock(&ipAddressMapLock);
+    VIR_FREE(tmp);
 
     return ret;
 }