diff --git a/gst-sdk/tutorials/xcode iOS/Tutorial 1/GStreamerBackend.m b/gst-sdk/tutorials/xcode iOS/Tutorial 1/GStreamerBackend.m
index 18a48d2e3a..e36233b5b5 100644
--- a/gst-sdk/tutorials/xcode iOS/Tutorial 1/GStreamerBackend.m	
+++ b/gst-sdk/tutorials/xcode iOS/Tutorial 1/GStreamerBackend.m	
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
 -(NSString*) getGStreamerVersion
 {
-    char *str = gst_version_string();
-    NSString *version = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:str];
-    g_free(str);
-    return version;
+    char *version_utf8 = gst_version_string();
+    NSString *version_string = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:version_utf8];
+    g_free(version_utf8);
+    return version_string;
 }
 
 @end