diff --git a/src/chat/chat-room.cpp b/src/chat/chat-room.cpp
index be08d9302..7038f1bc3 100644
--- a/src/chat/chat-room.cpp
+++ b/src/chat/chat-room.cpp
@@ -610,8 +610,8 @@ LinphoneChatMessage *ChatRoom::createFileTransferMessage (const LinphoneContent
 }
 
 LinphoneChatMessage *ChatRoom::createMessage (const string &message) {
-	ChatMessage chatMessage(static_pointer_cast<ChatRoom>(shared_from_this()));
-	LinphoneChatMessage *msg = chatMessage.getBackPtr();
+	shared_ptr<ChatMessage> chatMessage = make_shared<ChatMessage>(static_pointer_cast<ChatRoom>(shared_from_this()));
+	LinphoneChatMessage *msg = chatMessage->getBackPtr();
 	linphone_chat_message_set_chat_room(msg, GET_BACK_PTR(this));
 	linphone_chat_message_set_state(msg, LinphoneChatMessageStateIdle);
 	linphone_chat_message_set_text(msg, message.empty() ? nullptr : ms_strdup(message.c_str()));