diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_strings.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_strings.c
index 10ff90de67..1a32bbd8fc 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_strings.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_strings.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ char *ecore_string_instance(char *string)
 		str->string = strdup(string);
 		str->references = 0;
 
-		ecore_hash_set(ecore_strings, string, str);
+		ecore_hash_set(ecore_strings, str->string, str);
 	}
 
 	str->references++;