diff --git a/src/lib/evas/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.c b/src/lib/evas/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.c
index 0656d57371..8ad70ac000 100644
--- a/src/lib/evas/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.c
+++ b/src/lib/evas/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.c
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ evas_bidi_segment_idxs_get(const Eina_Unicode *str, const char *delim)
                             free(ret);
                             return NULL;
                          }
+                       ret = tmp_ret;
                     }
                   ret[ret_idx++] = str - str_base;
                   break;