diff --git a/src/generator.c b/src/generator.c
index 998cd7b1..c689e934 100644
--- a/src/generator.c
+++ b/src/generator.c
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ static bool parse_diff(proxy_instance_t *proxi, json_t *val)
 
 static bool send_version(proxy_instance_t *proxi, json_t *val)
 {
-	json_t *json_msg, *id_val = json_object_get(val, "id");
+	json_t *json_msg, *id_val = json_object_dup(val, "id");
 	connsock_t *cs = proxi->cs;
 	bool ret;
 
@@ -1070,10 +1070,10 @@ static void *proxy_send(void *arg)
 
 		if (jobid) {
 			val = json_pack("{s[ssooo]soss}", "params", proxi->auth, jobid,
-					json_object_get(msg->json_msg, "nonce2"),
-					json_object_get(msg->json_msg, "ntime"),
-					json_object_get(msg->json_msg, "nonce"),
-					"id", json_object_get(msg->json_msg, "id"),
+					json_object_dup(msg->json_msg, "nonce2"),
+					json_object_dup(msg->json_msg, "ntime"),
+					json_object_dup(msg->json_msg, "nonce"),
+					"id", json_object_dup(msg->json_msg, "id"),
 					"method", "mining.submit");
 			free(jobid);
 			ret = send_json_msg(cs, val);
diff --git a/src/libckpool.c b/src/libckpool.c
index c7fc64ef..7e070dde 100644
--- a/src/libckpool.c
+++ b/src/libckpool.c
@@ -795,6 +795,11 @@ char *json_array_string(json_t *val, unsigned int entry)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+json_t *json_object_dup(json_t *val, const char *entry)
+{
+	return json_copy(json_object_get(val, entry));
+}
+
 
 /* Align a size_t to 4 byte boundaries for fussy arches */
 void align_len(size_t *len)
diff --git a/src/libckpool.h b/src/libckpool.h
index a3c14564..30c5eb26 100644
--- a/src/libckpool.h
+++ b/src/libckpool.h
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ bool _send_unix_msg(int sockd, const char *buf, const char *file, const char *fu
 
 const char *__json_array_string(json_t *val, unsigned int entry);
 char *json_array_string(json_t *val, unsigned int entry);
+json_t *json_object_dup(json_t *val, const char *entry);
 
 void align_len(size_t *len);
 void realloc_strcat(char **ptr, const char *s);
diff --git a/src/stratifier.c b/src/stratifier.c
index abacf7f1..845f3e5e 100644
--- a/src/stratifier.c
+++ b/src/stratifier.c
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ static void update_notify(ckpool_t *ckp)
 	wb->coinb2len = strlen(wb->coinb2) / 2;
 	wb->coinb2bin = ckalloc(wb->coinb2len);
 	hex2bin(wb->coinb2bin, wb->coinb2, wb->coinb2len);
-	wb->merkle_array = json_copy(json_object_get(val, "merklehash"));
+	wb->merkle_array = json_object_dup(val, "merklehash");
 	wb->merkles = json_array_size(wb->merkle_array);
 	for (i = 0; i < wb->merkles; i++) {
 		strcpy(&wb->merklehash[i][0], json_string_value(json_array_get(wb->merkle_array, i)));
@@ -1580,7 +1580,7 @@ out_unlock:
 	json_set_double(val, "sdiff", sdiff);
 	json_set_string(val, "hash", hexhash);
 	json_set_bool(val, "result", result);
-	json_object_set(val, "reject-reason", json_object_get(json_msg, "reject-reason"));
+	json_object_set(val, "reject-reason", json_object_dup(json_msg, "reject-reason"));
 	json_object_set(val, "error", *err_val);
 	s = json_dumps(val, 0);
 	len = strlen(s);