noice.c | 2 +-

diff --git a/noice.c b/noice.c
index ba2774aea8f0c85173f0bad860477a2f364c4ed3..ee70d582ebeda790260b0f789fba22eb0e2da531 100644
--- a/noice.c
+++ b/noice.c
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ 				printwarn();
 				goto nochange;
 			} else {
 				free(path);
-				path = strdup(tmp);
+				path = tmp;
 				free(filter);
 				filter = strdup(ifilter); /* Reset filter */
 				DPRINTF_S(path);