diff --git a/utils/gssd/gssd_proc.c b/utils/gssd/gssd_proc.c
index 646d7e3..14cf7b8 100644
--- a/utils/gssd/gssd_proc.c
+++ b/utils/gssd/gssd_proc.c
@@ -728,10 +728,18 @@ handle_gssd_upcall(struct clnt_upcall_info *info)
 	char			*target = NULL;
 	char			*service = NULL;
 	char			*enctypes = NULL;
+	char			*upcall_str;
+	char			*pbuf = info->lbuf;
 
 	printerr(2, "\n%s: '%s' (%s)\n", __func__, info->lbuf, clp->relpath);
 
-	for (p = strtok(info->lbuf, " "); p; p = strtok(NULL, " ")) {
+	upcall_str = strdup(info->lbuf);
+	if (upcall_str == NULL) {
+		printerr(0, "ERROR: malloc failure\n");
+		goto out_nomem;
+	}
+
+	while ((p = strsep(&pbuf, " "))) {
 		if (!strncmp(p, "mech=", strlen("mech=")))
 			mech = p + strlen("mech=");
 		else if (!strncmp(p, "uid=", strlen("uid=")))
@@ -747,7 +755,7 @@ handle_gssd_upcall(struct clnt_upcall_info *info)
 	if (!mech || strlen(mech) < 1) {
 		printerr(0, "WARNING: handle_gssd_upcall: "
 			    "failed to find gss mechanism name "
-			    "in upcall string '%s'\n", info->lbuf);
+			    "in upcall string '%s'\n", upcall_str);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -760,7 +768,7 @@ handle_gssd_upcall(struct clnt_upcall_info *info)
 	if (!uidstr) {
 		printerr(0, "WARNING: handle_gssd_upcall: "
 			    "failed to find uid "
-			    "in upcall string '%s'\n", info->lbuf);
+			    "in upcall string '%s'\n", upcall_str);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -773,7 +781,7 @@ handle_gssd_upcall(struct clnt_upcall_info *info)
 	if (target && strlen(target) < 1) {
 		printerr(0, "WARNING: handle_gssd_upcall: "
 			 "failed to parse target name "
-			 "in upcall string '%s'\n", info->lbuf);
+			 "in upcall string '%s'\n", upcall_str);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -788,7 +796,7 @@ handle_gssd_upcall(struct clnt_upcall_info *info)
 	if (service && strlen(service) < 1) {
 		printerr(0, "WARNING: handle_gssd_upcall: "
 			 "failed to parse service type "
-			 "in upcall string '%s'\n", info->lbuf);
+			 "in upcall string '%s'\n", upcall_str);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -801,6 +809,8 @@ handle_gssd_upcall(struct clnt_upcall_info *info)
 		do_error_downcall(clp->gssd_fd, uid, -EACCES);
 	}
 out:
+	free(upcall_str);
+out_nomem:
 	free(info);
 	return;
 }