diff --git a/source3/libads/ads_struct.c b/source3/libads/ads_struct.c
index 941f216359d..56883e8496b 100644
--- a/source3/libads/ads_struct.c
+++ b/source3/libads/ads_struct.c
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ static void ads_destroy(ADS_STRUCT **ads)
 #ifdef HAVE_LDAP
 		ads_disconnect(*ads);
 #endif
-		SAFE_FREE((*ads)->config.schema_path);
 		SAFE_FREE((*ads)->config.config_path);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/source3/libads/disp_sec.c b/source3/libads/disp_sec.c
index 0b5f117788a..74311aac289 100644
--- a/source3/libads/disp_sec.c
+++ b/source3/libads/disp_sec.c
@@ -209,7 +209,10 @@ void ads_disp_sd(ADS_STRUCT *ads, TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, struct security_descripto
 
 	if (ads && !ads->config.schema_path) {
 		if (ADS_ERR_OK(ads_schema_path(ads, mem_ctx, &tmp_path))) {
-			ads->config.schema_path = SMB_STRDUP(tmp_path);
+			ads->config.schema_path = talloc_strdup(ads, tmp_path);
+			if (ads->config.schema_path == NULL) {
+				DBG_WARNING("Out of memory\n");
+			}
 		}
 	}