diff --git a/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp b/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp
index e3540cb19..daeb40434 100644
--- a/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp
+++ b/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp
@@ -4699,6 +4699,8 @@ void MySQL_HostGroups_Manager::update_group_replication_set_writer(char *_hostna
 			//free(query);
 			if (writer_is_also_reader && read_HG>=0) {
 				q=(char *)"INSERT OR IGNORE INTO mysql_servers_incoming (hostgroup_id,hostname,port,gtid_port,status,weight,compression,max_connections,max_replication_lag,use_ssl,max_latency_ms,comment) SELECT %d,hostname,port,gtid_port,status,weight,compression,max_connections,max_replication_lag,use_ssl,max_latency_ms,comment FROM mysql_servers_incoming WHERE hostgroup_id=%d AND hostname='%s' AND port=%d";
+				free(query);
+				query=(char *)malloc(strlen(q)+strlen(_hostname)+256);
 				sprintf(query,q,read_HG,_writer_hostgroup,_hostname,_port);
 				mydb->execute(query);
 			}