diff --git a/src/switch_core_speech.c b/src/switch_core_speech.c
index eeeddc50f2..f156a81230 100644
--- a/src/switch_core_speech.c
+++ b/src/switch_core_speech.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_core_speech_open(switch_speech_handle_t *
 	}
 
 	sh->rate = rate;
-	sh->name = switch_core_strdup(pool, module_name);
+	sh->name = switch_core_strdup(sh->memory_pool, module_name);
 	sh->samples = switch_samples_per_packet(rate, interval);
 	sh->samplerate = rate;
 	sh->native_rate = rate;