diff --git a/src/obiview.c b/src/obiview.c
index 7d14d83..0eaf023 100644
--- a/src/obiview.c
+++ b/src/obiview.c
@@ -350,8 +350,9 @@ OBIDMS_column_p clone_column_in_view(Obiview_p view, const char* column_name)
 			obi_close_column(column_buffer);
 
 			if (!(strcmp((((view->columns)[i])->header)->name, column_name)))
-				// Found the column to return
+			{	// Found the column to return
 				column = (view->columns)[i];
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -373,6 +374,8 @@ OBIDMS_column_p clone_column_in_view(Obiview_p view, const char* column_name)
 
 int prepare_to_set_value_in_column(Obiview_p view, OBIDMS_column_p* column_pp, index_t* line_nb_p)
 {
+	char* column_name;
+
 	// Check that the view is not read-only
 	if (view->read_only)
 	{
@@ -389,12 +392,22 @@ int prepare_to_set_value_in_column(Obiview_p view, OBIDMS_column_p* column_pp, i
 		if (view->line_selection != NULL)
 			(*line_nb_p) = *(((index_t*) ((view->line_selection)->data)) + (*line_nb_p));
 
-		(*column_pp) = clone_column_in_view(view, ((*column_pp)->header)->name);
+		column_name = (char*) malloc(strlen(((*column_pp)->header)->name) * sizeof(char));
+		if (column_name == NULL)
+		{
+			obi_set_errno(OBI_MALLOC_ERROR);
+			obidebug(1, "\nError trying to allocate memory for a column name");
+			return -1;
+		}
+		strcpy(column_name, ((*column_pp)->header)->name);
+		(*column_pp) = clone_column_in_view(view, column_name);
 		if ((*column_pp) == NULL)
 		{
 			obidebug(1, "\nError trying to clone a column to modify it");
 			return -1;
 		}
+
+		free(column_name);
 	}
 
 	if (((*line_nb_p)+1) > view->line_count)