static struct property *tmp = NULL;
        struct property *p;
        int len;
+       const char *name;
 
        if (tmp) {
                p = tmp;
 
        p->name = (char *) (p + 1);
        if (special_name) {
+               strcpy(p->name, special_name);
                p->length = special_len;
                p->value = prom_early_alloc(special_len);
                memcpy(p->value, special_val, special_len);
        } else {
                if (prev == NULL) {
-                       prom_firstprop(node, p->name);
+                       name = prom_firstprop(node, NULL);
                } else {
-                       prom_nextprop(node, prev, p->name);
+                       name = prom_nextprop(node, prev, NULL);
                }
-               if (strlen(p->name) == 0) {
+               if (strlen(name) == 0) {
                        tmp = p;
                        return NULL;
                }
+               strcpy(p->name, name);
                p->length = prom_getproplen(node, p->name);
                if (p->length <= 0) {
                        p->length = 0;