diff --git a/include/haproxy/stick_table-t.h b/include/haproxy/stick_table-t.h
index 3aa55e378..dea1e982a 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/stick_table-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/stick_table-t.h
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ struct stktable {
 	/* rarely used config stuff below (should not interfere with updt_lock) */
 	struct proxy *proxies_list; /* The list of proxies which reference this stick-table. */
 	struct {
-		const char *file;     /* The file where the stick-table is declared. */
+		const char *file;     /* The file where the stick-table is declared (global name). */
 		int line;             /* The line in this <file> the stick-table is declared. */
 	} conf;
 };
diff --git a/src/stick_table.c b/src/stick_table.c
index f69146d1d..f49fb0af5 100644
--- a/src/stick_table.c
+++ b/src/stick_table.c
@@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ int parse_stick_table(const char *file, int linenum, char **args,
 	t->idlen = strlen(id);
 	t->nid =  nid;
 	t->type = (unsigned int)-1;
-	t->conf.file = file;
+	t->conf.file = copy_file_name(file);
 	t->conf.line = linenum;
 	t->write_to.name = NULL;
 	t->brates_factor = 1;