diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 3e86d55066..5e822f81a4 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2017-01-31  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
+
+	* varobj.c (varobj_value_get_print_value): Remove xstrdup call.
+
 2017-01-31  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
 
 	* common/scoped_restore.h
diff --git a/gdb/varobj.c b/gdb/varobj.c
index 30dfb862d5..bcca6c6efb 100644
--- a/gdb/varobj.c
+++ b/gdb/varobj.c
@@ -2432,7 +2432,7 @@ varobj_value_get_print_value (struct value *value,
 	  if (dynamic_varobj_has_child_method (var))
 	    {
 	      do_cleanups (old_chain);
-	      return xstrdup ("{...}");
+	      return "{...}";
 	    }
 
 	  if (PyObject_HasAttr (value_formatter, gdbpy_to_string_cst))