diff --git a/target-sparc/cpu.c b/target-sparc/cpu.c
index f7c004c7d8..eb9f0e7259 100644
--- a/target-sparc/cpu.c
+++ b/target-sparc/cpu.c
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ static int cpu_sparc_find_by_name(sparc_def_t *cpu_def, const char *cpu_model)
 {
     unsigned int i;
     const sparc_def_t *def = NULL;
-    char *s = strdup(cpu_model);
+    char *s = g_strdup(cpu_model);
     char *featurestr, *name = strtok(s, ",");
     uint32_t plus_features = 0;
     uint32_t minus_features = 0;
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ static int cpu_sparc_find_by_name(sparc_def_t *cpu_def, const char *cpu_model)
 #ifdef DEBUG_FEATURES
     print_features(stderr, fprintf, cpu_def->features, NULL);
 #endif
-    free(s);
+    g_free(s);
     return 0;
 
  error: