diff --git a/tdeioslave/imap4/mailaddress.cc b/tdeioslave/imap4/mailaddress.cc
index 86648458..915a3bbb 100644
--- a/tdeioslave/imap4/mailaddress.cc
+++ b/tdeioslave/imap4/mailaddress.cc
@@ -197,14 +197,15 @@ mailAddress::parseAddress (char *aCStr)
 }
 
 const TQCString
-mailAddress::getStr ()
+mailAddress::getStr () const
 {
   TQCString retVal(128); // Should be generally big enough
 
   if (!rawFullName.isEmpty ())
   {
-    KMime::addQuotes( rawFullName, false );
-    retVal = rawFullName + " ";
+    TQCString tmpName( rawFullName );
+    KMime::addQuotes( tmpName, false );
+    retVal = tmpName + " ";
   }
   if (!user.isEmpty ())
   {
diff --git a/tdeioslave/imap4/mailaddress.h b/tdeioslave/imap4/mailaddress.h
index 644034b2..6b4b2c6e 100644
--- a/tdeioslave/imap4/mailaddress.h
+++ b/tdeioslave/imap4/mailaddress.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public:
   const TQCString & getCommentRaw () const;
 
   int parseAddress (char *);
-  const TQCString getStr ();
+  const TQCString getStr () const;
   bool isEmpty () const;
 
   static TQString emailAddrAsAnchor (const mailAddress &, bool);