diff --git a/src/rc/rc-selinux.c b/src/rc/rc-selinux.c
index 514ca5e5..bfaf1556 100644
--- a/src/rc/rc-selinux.c
+++ b/src/rc/rc-selinux.c
@@ -358,14 +358,13 @@ void selinux_setup(char **argv)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	curr_t = context_type_get(curr_con);
+	curr_t = xstrdup(context_type_get(curr_con));
 	if (!curr_t) {
 		context_free(curr_con);
 		free(curr_context);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	curr_t = xstrdup(curr_t);
 	/* dont need them anymore so free() now */
 	context_free(curr_con);
 	free(curr_context);