diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con_url.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con_url.c
index 413e71aa35..dd8903a3bf 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con_url.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con_url.c
@@ -776,7 +776,8 @@ ecore_con_url_ftp_upload(Ecore_Con_Url *url_con, const char *filename, const cha
      {
 	char *tmp;
 
-	tmp = strdupa(filename);
+	tmp = strdup(filename);
+	if (!tmp) return 0;
 
 	if (stat(filename, &file_info)) return 0;
 	fd = fopen(filename, "rb");
@@ -796,6 +797,8 @@ ecore_con_url_ftp_upload(Ecore_Con_Url *url_con, const char *filename, const cha
 	curl_easy_setopt(url_con->curl_easy, CURLOPT_READDATA, fd);
 	ecore_con_url_url_set(url_con, url);
 
+	free(tmp);
+
 	return _ecore_con_url_perform(url_con);
      }
    else