diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 6738267ec6f..3385cfac28d 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2015-01-30  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
+
+	* varobj.c (varobj_get_path_expr): Set var->path_expr.
+	* c-varobj.c (c_path_expr_of_child): Set local var instead of
+	child->path_expr.
+	(cplus_path_expr_of_child): Same.
+
 2015-01-30  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
 
 	* mi-cmd-var.c (print_varobj): Free varobj_get_expression
diff --git a/gdb/c-varobj.c b/gdb/c-varobj.c
index 1db0957f38c..bd0e5fb9d3b 100644
--- a/gdb/c-varobj.c
+++ b/gdb/c-varobj.c
@@ -433,9 +433,11 @@ c_name_of_child (struct varobj *parent, int index)
 static char *
 c_path_expr_of_child (struct varobj *child)
 {
+  char *path_expr;
+
   c_describe_child (child->parent, child->index, NULL, NULL, NULL, 
-		    &child->path_expr);
-  return child->path_expr;
+		    &path_expr);
+  return path_expr;
 }
 
 static struct value *
@@ -906,9 +908,11 @@ cplus_name_of_child (struct varobj *parent, int index)
 static char *
 cplus_path_expr_of_child (struct varobj *child)
 {
+  char *path_expr;
+
   cplus_describe_child (child->parent, child->index, NULL, NULL, NULL, 
-			&child->path_expr);
-  return child->path_expr;
+			&path_expr);
+  return path_expr;
 }
 
 static struct value *
diff --git a/gdb/varobj.c b/gdb/varobj.c
index 6c9257ddeba..28d388e7355 100644
--- a/gdb/varobj.c
+++ b/gdb/varobj.c
@@ -1034,16 +1034,17 @@ varobj_get_path_expr_parent (struct varobj *var)
 char *
 varobj_get_path_expr (struct varobj *var)
 {
-  if (var->path_expr != NULL)
-    return var->path_expr;
-  else 
+  if (var->path_expr == NULL)
     {
       /* For root varobjs, we initialize path_expr
 	 when creating varobj, so here it should be
 	 child varobj.  */
       gdb_assert (!is_root_p (var));
-      return (*var->root->lang_ops->path_expr_of_child) (var);
+
+      var->path_expr = (*var->root->lang_ops->path_expr_of_child) (var);
     }
+
+  return var->path_expr;
 }
 
 const struct language_defn *