diff --git a/src/barebox-state/backend.c b/src/barebox-state/backend.c
index 2f2e6df..5235bb0 100644
--- a/src/barebox-state/backend.c
+++ b/src/barebox-state/backend.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_free_format;
 
-	backend->of_path = of_path;
+	backend->of_path = xstrdup(of_path);
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -185,4 +185,5 @@
 	state_storage_free(&backend->storage);
 	if (backend->format)
 		state_format_free(backend->format);
+	free(backend->of_path);
 }
diff --git a/src/barebox-state/state.h b/src/barebox-state/state.h
index 48a6785..eb349af 100644
--- a/src/barebox-state/state.h
+++ b/src/barebox-state/state.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 struct state_backend {
 	struct state_backend_format *format;
 	struct state_backend_storage storage;
-	const char *of_path;
+	char *of_path;
 };
 
 struct state {