diff --git a/auth.h b/auth.h
index 7ebf9ae7e4b962bbe6cf42ed33646db98e867dad..0fd9c73e18d28d7c9c279dcbca5316b109ef8b55 100644
--- a/auth.h
+++ b/auth.h
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ struct PubKeyOptions {
 	int no_pty_flag;
 	/* "command=" option. */
 	unsigned char * forced_command;
-	unsigned char * original_command;
 };
 #endif
 
diff --git a/chansession.h b/chansession.h
index 924518b8eab57712702b4513d8e933129c1a6848..ef252eaf7eb6b9b29e61365f3bc8f9fc1577a01d 100644
--- a/chansession.h
+++ b/chansession.h
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ struct ChanSess {
 	char * agentfile;
 	char * agentdir;
 #endif
+
+#ifdef ENABLE_SVR_PUBKEY_OPTIONS
+	char *original_command;
+#endif
 };
 
 struct ChildPid {
diff --git a/svr-authpubkeyoptions.c b/svr-authpubkeyoptions.c
index fd87703848c9d296ebcfb63d1f5ee6cb885cb179..4490b5849c9db48c166ae65e19b629d6c57a742d 100644
--- a/svr-authpubkeyoptions.c
+++ b/svr-authpubkeyoptions.c
@@ -92,14 +92,15 @@ int svr_pubkey_allows_pty() {
  * by any 'command' public key option. */
 void svr_pubkey_set_forced_command(struct ChanSess *chansess) {
 	if (ses.authstate.pubkey_options) {
-		ses.authstate.pubkey_options->original_command = chansess->cmd;
-		if (!chansess->cmd)
-		{
-			ses.authstate.pubkey_options->original_command = m_strdup("");
+		if (chansess->cmd) {
+			/* original_command takes ownership */
+			chansess->original_command = chansess->cmd;
+		} else {
+			chansess->original_command = m_strdup("");
 		}
-		chansess->cmd = ses.authstate.pubkey_options->forced_command;
+		chansess->cmd = m_strdup(ses.authstate.pubkey_options->forced_command);
 #ifdef LOG_COMMANDS
-		dropbear_log(LOG_INFO, "Command forced to '%s'", ses.authstate.pubkey_options->original_command);
+		dropbear_log(LOG_INFO, "Command forced to '%s'", chansess->original_command);
 #endif
 	}
 }
diff --git a/svr-chansession.c b/svr-chansession.c
index 0b3e8333298d280c7e0cf223e33e01d10429c2b6..53790d198356a6072d88906934901156efb10b3b 100644
--- a/svr-chansession.c
+++ b/svr-chansession.c
@@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ static int newchansess(struct Channel *channel) {
 
 	struct ChanSess *chansess;
 
+	TRACE(("new chansess %p", channel))
+
 	dropbear_assert(channel->typedata == NULL);
 
 	chansess = (struct ChanSess*)m_malloc(sizeof(struct ChanSess));
@@ -279,6 +281,10 @@ static void closechansess(struct Channel *channel) {
 	m_free(chansess->cmd);
 	m_free(chansess->term);
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_SVR_PUBKEY_OPTIONS
+	m_free(chansess->original_command);
+#endif
+
 	if (chansess->tty) {
 		/* write the utmp/wtmp login record */
 		li = chansess_login_alloc(chansess);
@@ -924,10 +930,8 @@ static void execchild(void *user_data) {
 	}
 	
 #ifdef ENABLE_SVR_PUBKEY_OPTIONS
-	if (ses.authstate.pubkey_options &&
-			ses.authstate.pubkey_options->original_command) {
-		addnewvar("SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND", 
-			ses.authstate.pubkey_options->original_command);
+	if (chansess->original_command) {
+		addnewvar("SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND", chansess->original_command);
 	}
 #endif