diff --git a/linphone/mediastreamer2/src/nowebcam.c b/linphone/mediastreamer2/src/nowebcam.c
index 2e6da3c3d..4241dc1f9 100644
--- a/linphone/mediastreamer2/src/nowebcam.c
+++ b/linphone/mediastreamer2/src/nowebcam.c
@@ -1757,7 +1757,7 @@ static int static_image_set_image(MSFilter *f, void *arg){
 	if (image!=NULL && image[0]!='\0')
 		d->nowebcamimage=ms_strdup(image);
 	else
-		d->nowebcamimage = def_image;
+		d->nowebcamimage = ms_strdup(def_image);
 
 	if (d->pic!=NULL){
 		freemsg(d->pic);