diff --git a/src/util/logging.c b/src/util/logging.c
index d65dec077c..83cc358c08 100644
--- a/src/util/logging.c
+++ b/src/util/logging.c
@@ -980,8 +980,8 @@ void virLogSetFromEnv(void) {
         virLogParseDefaultPriority(debugEnv);
     debugEnv = getenv("LIBVIRT_LOG_FILTERS");
     if (debugEnv && *debugEnv)
-        virLogParseFilters(strdup(debugEnv));
+        virLogParseFilters(debugEnv);
     debugEnv = getenv("LIBVIRT_LOG_OUTPUTS");
     if (debugEnv && *debugEnv)
-        virLogParseOutputs(strdup(debugEnv));
+        virLogParseOutputs(debugEnv);
 }