diff --git a/conf/cf-lex.l b/conf/cf-lex.l
index 954ad6b4..cd6699fd 100644
--- a/conf/cf-lex.l
+++ b/conf/cf-lex.l
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ WHITE [ \t]
 }
 
 ["][^"\n]*["] {
-  cf_lval.t = yytext+1;
   yytext[yyleng-1] = 0;
+  cf_lval.t = cfg_strdup(yytext+1);
   return TEXT;
 }