diff --git a/libs/util/sys.c b/libs/util/sys.c
index 515cb673e..6254c0f87 100644
--- a/libs/util/sys.c
+++ b/libs/util/sys.c
@@ -456,9 +456,12 @@ void
 Sys_DebugLog (const char *file, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list     args;
-	dstring_t  *data = dstring_newstr ();
+	static dstring_t *data;
 	int         fd;
 
+	if (!data)
+		data = dstring_newstr ();
+
 	va_start (args, fmt);
 	dvsprintf (data, fmt, args);
 	va_end (args);