diff --git a/gst/gst.override b/gst/gst.override
index 8e2734c959..0da60a2c34 100644
--- a/gst/gst.override
+++ b/gst/gst.override
@@ -722,17 +722,14 @@ _wrap_gst_flow_get_name(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
     static char *kwlist[] = { "ret", NULL };
     PyObject *py_ret = NULL;
     const gchar *ret;
-    gchar	*nret;
     GstFlowReturn flow;
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "O:gst_flow_get_name", kwlist, &py_ret))
         return NULL;
     if (pyg_enum_get_value(GST_TYPE_FLOW_RETURN, py_ret, (gint *)&flow))
         return NULL;
-    ret = gst_flow_get_name(flow);
-    if (ret) {
-	nret = g_strdup(ret);
-        return PyString_FromString(nret);
+    if ((ret = gst_flow_get_name(flow))) {
+        return PyString_FromString(ret);
     }
     Py_INCREF(Py_None);
     return Py_None;