diff --git a/src/lib/elementary/efl_ui_image_zoomable.c b/src/lib/elementary/efl_ui_image_zoomable.c
index 4a31c41c0e..7526260747 100644
--- a/src/lib/elementary/efl_ui_image_zoomable.c
+++ b/src/lib/elementary/efl_ui_image_zoomable.c
@@ -2831,7 +2831,7 @@ _image_zoomable_object_icon_set(Evas_Object *o, const char *group, char *style,
      {
         if (sd->f) eina_file_close(sd->f);
         eina_stringshare_replace(&sd->file, eina_file_filename_get(f));
-        sd->f = f;
+        sd->f = eina_file_dup(f);
 
         return _img_proxy_set(o, sd, NULL, f, buf, resize);
      }