diff --git a/src/gui/RomImageWidget.cxx b/src/gui/RomImageWidget.cxx
index d615cfea6..05edbfd5e 100644
--- a/src/gui/RomImageWidget.cxx
+++ b/src/gui/RomImageWidget.cxx
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ void RomImageWidget::parseProperties(const FSNode& node, bool full)
   }
   else
   {
-    const string& oldFileName = myImageList.size() ? myImageList[0].getPath() : EmptyString;
+    const string oldFileName = myImageList.size() ? myImageList[0].getPath() : EmptyString;
 
     // Try to find all snapshots by property and ROM file name
     myImageList.clear();