diff --git a/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.cpp b/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.cpp
index 4f684b7..690169a 100644
--- a/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.cpp
+++ b/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.cpp
@@ -371,10 +371,7 @@
 status_t CameraService::Client::checkPid() const {
     int callingPid = getCallingPid();
     if (callingPid == mClientPid) return NO_ERROR;
-    if (callingPid == getpid()) {
-        LOGW("FIXME: use camera from mediaserver without permission.");
-        return NO_ERROR;
-    }
+
     LOGW("attempt to use a locked camera from a different process"
          " (old pid %d, new pid %d)", mClientPid, callingPid);
     return EBUSY;
diff --git a/libs/utils/String8.cpp b/libs/utils/String8.cpp
index 636cd83..82776f4 100644
--- a/libs/utils/String8.cpp
+++ b/libs/utils/String8.cpp
@@ -301,8 +301,9 @@
 
 status_t String8::setTo(const char* other)
 {
+    const char *newString = allocFromUTF8(other, strlen(other));
     SharedBuffer::bufferFromData(mString)->release();
-    mString = allocFromUTF8(other, strlen(other));
+    mString = newString;
     if (mString) return NO_ERROR;
 
     mString = getEmptyString();
@@ -311,8 +312,9 @@
 
 status_t String8::setTo(const char* other, size_t len)
 {
+    const char *newString = allocFromUTF8(other, len);
     SharedBuffer::bufferFromData(mString)->release();
-    mString = allocFromUTF8(other, len);
+    mString = newString;
     if (mString) return NO_ERROR;
 
     mString = getEmptyString();
@@ -321,8 +323,9 @@
 
 status_t String8::setTo(const char16_t* other, size_t len)
 {
+    const char *newString = allocFromUTF16(other, len);
     SharedBuffer::bufferFromData(mString)->release();
-    mString = allocFromUTF16(other, len);
+    mString = newString;
     if (mString) return NO_ERROR;
 
     mString = getEmptyString();
@@ -331,8 +334,9 @@
 
 status_t String8::setTo(const char32_t* other, size_t len)
 {
+    const char *newString = allocFromUTF32(other, len);
     SharedBuffer::bufferFromData(mString)->release();
-    mString = allocFromUTF32(other, len);
+    mString = newString;
     if (mString) return NO_ERROR;
 
     mString = getEmptyString();