diff --git a/src/evalfunc.c b/src/evalfunc.c
index 7ccf524..769532b 100644
--- a/src/evalfunc.c
+++ b/src/evalfunc.c
@@ -3905,8 +3905,7 @@
 	{
 	    dict_add_nr_str(d, "id", sign->id, NULL);
 	    dict_add_nr_str(d, "lnum", sign->lnum, NULL);
-	    dict_add_nr_str(d, "name", 0L,
-		    vim_strsave(sign_typenr2name(sign->typenr)));
+	    dict_add_nr_str(d, "name", 0L, sign_typenr2name(sign->typenr));
 
 	    list_append_dict(l, d);
 	}