diff --git a/system-settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/plugin.c b/system-settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/plugin.c
index 5c78eda84..a27272862 100644
--- a/system-settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/plugin.c
+++ b/system-settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/plugin.c
@@ -563,8 +563,8 @@ impl_ifcfgrh_get_ifcfg_details (SCPluginIfcfg *plugin,
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 
-	*out_uuid = uuid;
-	*out_path = path;
+	*out_uuid = g_strdup (uuid);
+	*out_path = g_strdup (path);
 
 	return TRUE;
 }