diff --git a/apps/app_privacy.c b/apps/app_privacy.c
index 4b8f61c3f5..77c3a1f2e2 100644
--- a/apps/app_privacy.c
+++ b/apps/app_privacy.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static int privacy_exec(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *data)
 			}
 		}
 
-		parse = ast_strdupa(S_OR(data, ""));
+		parse = ast_strdupa(data);
 
 		AST_STANDARD_APP_ARGS(args, parse);