diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e88a8ae2d3..d88e4583c2 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-11-25  Russell Bryant  <russell@digium.com>
+
+	* apps/app_dial.c: Properly duplicate the string for ANI (issue #5850)
+
 2005-11-23  Russell Bryant  <russell@digium.com>
 
 	* configs/voicemail.conf.sample: Add note to indicate that #include should not be used for this file. (issue #5828)
diff --git a/apps/app_dial.c b/apps/app_dial.c
index e1725b57e8..ff940dd732 100755
--- a/apps/app_dial.c
+++ b/apps/app_dial.c
@@ -512,10 +512,8 @@ static struct ast_channel *wait_for_answer(struct ast_channel *in, struct localu
 						if (in->cid.cid_ani) {
 							if (o->chan->cid.cid_ani)
 								free(o->chan->cid.cid_ani);
-							o->chan->cid.cid_ani = malloc(strlen(in->cid.cid_ani) + 1);
-							if (o->chan->cid.cid_ani)
-								ast_copy_string(o->chan->cid.cid_ani, in->cid.cid_ani, sizeof(o->chan->cid.cid_ani));
-							else
+							o->chan->cid.cid_ani = strdup(in->cid.cid_ani);
+							if (!o->chan->cid.cid_ani)
 								ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Out of memory\n");
 						}
 						if (o->chan->cid.cid_rdnis)