diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c3c373a7..4c8392fe 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ SVN HEAD
   Program sensord: Fix f71805f fans
                    Syncronize the version with lm-sensors
                    Fix a memory leak when daemonizing
+                   Fix memory leaks in command line parsing
   Program sensors: Fix a memory leak on error (with -u)
                    Add sch311x support
                    Hide error on missing dme1737 fan and pwm
diff --git a/prog/sensord/args.c b/prog/sensord/args.c
index 48b88eb1..d54816ae 100644
--- a/prog/sensord/args.c
+++ b/prog/sensord/args.c
@@ -212,24 +212,20 @@ parseArgs
         doSet = 1;
         break;
       case 'c':
-        if ((sensorsCfgFile = strdup (optarg)) == NULL)
-          return -1;
+        sensorsCfgFile = optarg;
         break;
       case 'p':
-        if ((pidFile = strdup (optarg)) == NULL)
-          return -1;
+        pidFile = optarg;
         break;
       case 'r':
-        if ((rrdFile = strdup (optarg)) == NULL)
-          return -1;
+        rrdFile = optarg;
         break;
       case 'd':
         debug = 1;
         break;
       case 'g':
         doCGI = 1;
-        if ((cgiDir = strdup (optarg)) == NULL)
-          return -1;
+        cgiDir = optarg;
         break;
       case 'v':
         printf ("sensord version %s\n", LM_VERSION);