diff --git a/server/request.c b/server/request.c
index 35de21d848..de90dd9fca 100644
--- a/server/request.c
+++ b/server/request.c
@@ -1016,8 +1016,7 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_directory_walk(request_rec *r)
 
                 res = ap_parse_htaccess(&htaccess_conf, r, opts.override,
                                         opts.override_opts, opts.override_list,
-                                        apr_pstrdup(r->pool, r->filename),
-                                        sconf->access_name);
+                                        r->filename, sconf->access_name);
                 if (res) {
                     return res;
                 }