diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 0a19b2fc08..e9844f28ea 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2007-08-13  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@access-company.com>
 
+	* mi/mi-cmd-var.c (mi_cmd_var_set_format): Memory leak.
+	No need to make copy.
+
 	* source.c (find_source_lines): Require symtab 's'.
 
 2007-08-11  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@access-company.com>
diff --git a/gdb/mi/mi-cmd-var.c b/gdb/mi/mi-cmd-var.c
index 37c87ff1da..fc52de10ac 100644
--- a/gdb/mi/mi-cmd-var.c
+++ b/gdb/mi/mi-cmd-var.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ mi_cmd_var_set_format (char *command, char **argv, int argc)
   if (var == NULL)
     error (_("mi_cmd_var_set_format: Variable object not found"));
 
-  formspec = xstrdup (argv[1]);
+  formspec = argv[1];
   if (formspec == NULL)
     error (_("mi_cmd_var_set_format: Must specify the format as: \"natural\", \"binary\", \"decimal\", \"hexadecimal\", or \"octal\""));