diff --git a/dpi/file.cc b/dpi/file.cc
index 0837dae..70ae7fe 100644
--- a/dpi/file.cc
+++ b/dpi/file.cc
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ static void File_info2html(ClientInfo *client, FileInfo *finfo, int n)
    int size;
    const char *sizeunits;
    char namebuf[MAXNAMESIZE + 1];
-   char *Uref, *HUref, *Hname;
+   char *HUref, *Hname;
    const char *ref, *filecont, *name = finfo->filename;
 
    if (finfo->size <= 9999) {
@@ -373,8 +373,8 @@ static void File_info2html(ClientInfo *client, FileInfo *finfo, int n)
    }
 
    /* escape problematic filenames */
-   Uref = dStrdup( Escape_uri_str(ref, NULL).c_str() );
-   HUref = Escape_html_str(Uref);
+   const std::string Uref = Escape_uri_str(ref, NULL);
+   HUref = Escape_html_str(Uref.c_str());
    Hname = Escape_html_str(name);
 
    if (client->old_style) {
@@ -401,7 +401,6 @@ static void File_info2html(ClientInfo *client, FileInfo *finfo, int n)
 
    dFree(Hname);
    dFree(HUref);
-   dFree(Uref);
 }
 
 /*