diff --git a/vmm/src/config.rs b/vmm/src/config.rs
index eabd877fd..6c618f4d4 100644
--- a/vmm/src/config.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/config.rs
@@ -205,14 +205,14 @@ impl CmdlineConfig {
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct DiskConfig<'a> {
-    pub path: &'a Path,
+pub struct DiskConfig {
+    pub path: PathBuf,
 }
 
-impl<'a> DiskConfig<'a> {
-    pub fn parse(disk: &'a str) -> Result<Self> {
+impl DiskConfig {
+    pub fn parse(disk: &str) -> Result<Self> {
         Ok(DiskConfig {
-            path: Path::new(disk),
+            path: PathBuf::from(disk),
         })
     }
 }
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ pub struct VmConfig<'a> {
     pub memory: MemoryConfig,
     pub kernel: KernelConfig,
     pub cmdline: CmdlineConfig,
-    pub disks: Option<Vec<DiskConfig<'a>>>,
+    pub disks: Option<Vec<DiskConfig>>,
     pub net: Option<Vec<NetConfig<'a>>>,
     pub rng: RngConfig<'a>,
     pub fs: Option<Vec<FsConfig<'a>>>,
diff --git a/vmm/src/device_manager.rs b/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
index d392faf8d..fe1e56b3a 100644
--- a/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ impl DeviceManager {
                 let raw_img: File = OpenOptions::new()
                     .read(true)
                     .write(true)
-                    .open(disk_cfg.path)
+                    .open(&disk_cfg.path)
                     .map_err(DeviceManagerError::Disk)?;
 
                 let image_type = qcow::detect_image_type(&raw_img)
@@ -548,17 +548,15 @@ impl DeviceManager {
                 let block = match image_type {
                     ImageType::Raw => {
                         let raw_img = vm_virtio::RawFile::new(raw_img);
-                        let dev =
-                            vm_virtio::Block::new(raw_img, disk_cfg.path.to_path_buf(), false)
-                                .map_err(DeviceManagerError::CreateVirtioBlock)?;
+                        let dev = vm_virtio::Block::new(raw_img, disk_cfg.path.clone(), false)
+                            .map_err(DeviceManagerError::CreateVirtioBlock)?;
                         Box::new(dev) as Box<dyn vm_virtio::VirtioDevice>
                     }
                     ImageType::Qcow2 => {
                         let qcow_img = QcowFile::from(raw_img)
                             .map_err(DeviceManagerError::QcowDeviceCreate)?;
-                        let dev =
-                            vm_virtio::Block::new(qcow_img, disk_cfg.path.to_path_buf(), false)
-                                .map_err(DeviceManagerError::CreateVirtioBlock)?;
+                        let dev = vm_virtio::Block::new(qcow_img, disk_cfg.path.clone(), false)
+                            .map_err(DeviceManagerError::CreateVirtioBlock)?;
                         Box::new(dev) as Box<dyn vm_virtio::VirtioDevice>
                     }
                 };