diff --git a/src/systemd-sonic-generator/systemd-sonic-generator.c b/src/systemd-sonic-generator/systemd-sonic-generator.c
index 9267a48aa4a6..fb82c41b7af8 100644
--- a/src/systemd-sonic-generator/systemd-sonic-generator.c
+++ b/src/systemd-sonic-generator/systemd-sonic-generator.c
@@ -592,11 +592,14 @@ int ssg_main(int argc, char **argv) {
     for (int i = 0; i < num_unit_files; i++) {
         unit_instance = strdup(unit_files[i]);
         if ((num_asics == 1) && strstr(unit_instance, "@") != NULL) {
-            prefix = strtok_r(unit_instance, "@", &saveptr);
-            suffix = strtok_r(NULL, "@", &saveptr);
+            prefix = strdup(strtok_r(unit_instance, "@", &saveptr));
+            suffix = strdup(strtok_r(NULL, "@", &saveptr));
 
             strcpy(unit_instance, prefix);
             strcat(unit_instance, suffix);
+
+            free(prefix);
+            free(suffix);
         }
 
         num_targets = get_install_targets(unit_instance, targets);