1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/qapi/qmp-event.c b/qapi/qmp-event.c
index 802ede48e3..ba3029cc89 100644
--- a/qapi/qmp-event.c
+++ b/qapi/qmp-event.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static void timestamp_put(QDict *qdict)
 QDict *qmp_event_build_dict(const char *event_name)
 {
     QDict *dict = qdict_new();
-    qdict_put(dict, "event", qstring_from_str(event_name));
+    qdict_put_str(dict, "event", event_name);
     timestamp_put(dict);
     return dict;
 }