1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/sway/input/seat.c b/sway/input/seat.c
index 7b0fe67d..dc21ce61 100644
--- a/sway/input/seat.c
+++ b/sway/input/seat.c
@@ -905,12 +905,9 @@ static void set_workspace(struct sway_seat *seat,
 
         if (seat->workspace) {
                 free(seat->prev_workspace_name);
-                seat->prev_workspace_name = malloc(strlen(seat->workspace->name) + 1);
+                seat->prev_workspace_name = strdup(seat->workspace->name);
                 if (!seat->prev_workspace_name) {
                         sway_log(SWAY_ERROR, "Unable to allocate previous workspace name");
-                        seat->prev_workspace_name = NULL;
-                } else {
-                        strcpy(seat->prev_workspace_name, seat->workspace->name);
                 }
         }