diff --git a/awesome-client-common.c b/awesome-client-common.c
index 0086e803..7c843746 100644
--- a/awesome-client-common.c
+++ b/awesome-client-common.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 struct sockaddr_un *
 get_client_addr(const char *display)
 {
-    char *homedir;
+    char *homedir, *tmp;
     ssize_t path_len;
     struct sockaddr_un *addr;
 
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ get_client_addr(const char *display)
     homedir = getenv("HOME");
     /* (a_strlen(display) - 1) because we strcat on display + 1 and
      * + 3 for /, \0 and possibly 0 if display is NULL */
+    if(display && (tmp = strrchr(display, '.')))
+       *tmp = '\0';
     path_len = a_strlen(homedir) + a_strlen(CONTROL_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH) + (a_strlen(display) - 1) + 3;
     if(path_len >= ssizeof(addr->sun_path))
     {
diff --git a/awesome-client.c b/awesome-client.c
index 9fa1a616..5a3c019c 100644
--- a/awesome-client.c
+++ b/awesome-client.c
@@ -38,14 +38,11 @@ int
 main(void)
 {
     struct sockaddr_un *addr;
-    char buf[1024], *display, *tmp;
+    char buf[1024];
     int csfd, ret_value = EXIT_SUCCESS;
 
     csfd = get_client_socket();
-    display = a_strdup(getenv("DISPLAY"));
-    if(display && (tmp = strrchr(display, '.')))
-       *tmp = '\0';
-    addr = get_client_addr(display);
+    addr = get_client_addr(getenv("DISPLAY"));
 
     if(!addr || csfd < 0)
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
@@ -69,7 +66,6 @@ main(void)
     close(csfd);
 
     p_delete(&addr);
-    p_delete(&display);
 
     return ret_value;
 }