diff --git a/cocos2dx/platform/android/CCFileUtils_android.cpp b/cocos2dx/platform/android/CCFileUtils_android.cpp
index 9a94995b89..ee11279333 100644
--- a/cocos2dx/platform/android/CCFileUtils_android.cpp
+++ b/cocos2dx/platform/android/CCFileUtils_android.cpp
@@ -109,7 +109,13 @@ string CCFileUtils::getWriteablePath()
 {
 	// the path is: /data/data/ + package name
 	string dir("/data/data/");
-	return dir + getPackageNameJNI() + "/" ;
+	char* tmp = getPackageNameJNI();
+	dir += tmp + "/" ;
+
+	// release memory
+	delete tmp;
+
+	return dir;
 }
 
 NS_CC_END;
diff --git a/cocos2dx/platform/android/Cocos2dJni.cpp b/cocos2dx/platform/android/Cocos2dJni.cpp
index 340defa818..122d9ec249 100644
--- a/cocos2dx/platform/android/Cocos2dJni.cpp
+++ b/cocos2dx/platform/android/Cocos2dJni.cpp
@@ -404,10 +404,10 @@ extern "C"
 		return rtn;
 	}
 
-	const char* getPackageNameJNI()
+	char* getPackageNameJNI()
 	{
 		TMethodJNI t;
-		const char* ret = NULL;
+		char* ret = NULL;
 
 		if (getMethodID(t
 			, "org/cocos2dx/lib/Cocos2dxActivity"
diff --git a/cocos2dx/platform/android/Cocos2dJni.h b/cocos2dx/platform/android/Cocos2dJni.h
index 004f870897..ed9f29f3c5 100644
--- a/cocos2dx/platform/android/Cocos2dJni.h
+++ b/cocos2dx/platform/android/Cocos2dJni.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ extern "C"
 	void disableAccelerometerJNI();
 	void showMessageBoxJNI(const char * pszMsg, const char * pszTitle);
     void setKeyboardStateJNI(int bOpen);
-	const char* getPackageNameJNI();
+	char* getPackageNameJNI();
 }
 
 #endif // __ANDROID_COCOS2D_JNI_H__