diff --git a/src/intel/common/intel_measure.c b/src/intel/common/intel_measure.c
index ff85a94c8fd..7b7245b3497 100644
--- a/src/intel/common/intel_measure.c
+++ b/src/intel/common/intel_measure.c
@@ -116,8 +116,7 @@ intel_measure_init(struct intel_measure_device *device)
 
       if (filename && __normal_user()) {
          filename += 5;
-         config.deferred_create_filename = malloc(strlen(filename));
-         strcpy(config.deferred_create_filename, filename);
+         config.deferred_create_filename = strdup(filename);
       }
 
       if (start_frame_s) {