1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Alc/backends/sdl2.cpp b/Alc/backends/sdl2.cpp
index 82c350e1..c918b57c 100644
--- a/Alc/backends/sdl2.cpp
+++ b/Alc/backends/sdl2.cpp
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@ static ALCenum ALCsdl2Backend_open(ALCsdl2Backend *self, const ALCchar *name)
     self->FmtType = device->FmtType;
     self->UpdateSize = device->UpdateSize;
 
-    alstr_copy_cstr(&device->DeviceName, name ? name : defaultDeviceName);
+    al_free(device->DeviceName);
+    device->DeviceName = alstrdup(name ? name : defaultDeviceName);
 
     return ALC_NO_ERROR;
 }