1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/cgit.c b/cgit.c
index 8795085..cefeddf 100644
--- a/cgit.c
+++ b/cgit.c
@@ -209,2 +209,3 @@ char *find_default_branch(struct cgit_repo *repo)
         struct refmatch info;
+        char *ref;
 
@@ -215,5 +216,8 @@ char *find_default_branch(struct cgit_repo *repo)
         if (info.match)
-                return info.req_ref;
+                ref = info.req_ref;
         else
-                return info.first_ref;
+                ref = info.first_ref;
+        if (ref)
+                ref = xstrdup(ref);
+        return ref;
 }
@@ -243,3 +247,3 @@ static int prepare_repo_cmd(struct cgit_context *ctx)
         if (!ctx->qry.head) {
-                ctx->qry.head = xstrdup(find_default_branch(ctx->repo));
+                ctx->qry.head = find_default_branch(ctx->repo);
                 ctx->repo->defbranch = ctx->qry.head;