1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Alc/backends/null.cpp b/Alc/backends/null.cpp
index 7c27e22c..255aa01f 100644
--- a/Alc/backends/null.cpp
+++ b/Alc/backends/null.cpp
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ ALCenum ALCnullBackend_open(ALCnullBackend *self, const ALCchar *name)
         return ALC_INVALID_VALUE;
 
     device = STATIC_CAST(ALCbackend, self)->mDevice;
-    al_free(device->DeviceName);
-    device->DeviceName = alstrdup(name);
+    device->DeviceName = name;
 
     return ALC_NO_ERROR;
 }