diff --git a/engine/modules/path.c b/engine/modules/path.c
index acc9177..ced5e55 100644
--- a/engine/modules/path.c
+++ b/engine/modules/path.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ LIST * path_exists( FRAME * frame, int flags )
 {
     timestamp time;
     timestamp_from_path( &time, list_front( lol_get( frame->args, 0 ) ) );
-    return timestamp_empty( &time ) ? L0 : list_new( constant_true );
+    return timestamp_empty( &time ) ? L0 : list_new( object_copy( constant_true ) );
 }
 
 
diff --git a/engine/pathnt.c b/engine/pathnt.c
index fb8c767..a42f870 100644
--- a/engine/pathnt.c
+++ b/engine/pathnt.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ static path_key_entry * path_key( OBJECT * const path,
         OBJECT * normalized;
         int normalized_size;
         path_key_entry * nresult;
-        result->path = path;
+        result->path = object_copy( path );
         {
             string buf[ 1 ];
             string_copy( buf, object_str( path ) );