diff --git a/dlls/wininet/internet.c b/dlls/wininet/internet.c
index bc8ffdf7c8f..c3de762358f 100644
--- a/dlls/wininet/internet.c
+++ b/dlls/wininet/internet.c
@@ -2733,8 +2733,11 @@ static VOID INTERNET_ExecuteWork(void)
         TRACE("SENDCALLBACK %p\n", workRequest.hdr);
 
         SendSyncCallback(workRequest.hdr,
-                req->dwContext, req->dwInternetStatus, req->lpvStatusInfo,
-                req->dwStatusInfoLength);
+			 req->dwContext, req->dwInternetStatus, req->lpvStatusInfo,
+			 req->dwStatusInfoLength);
+
+        /* And frees the copy of the status info */
+        HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, req->lpvStatusInfo);
         }
         break;
 
diff --git a/dlls/wininet/utility.c b/dlls/wininet/utility.c
index c3b46c1389c..d76bed3c272 100644
--- a/dlls/wininet/utility.c
+++ b/dlls/wininet/utility.c
@@ -276,13 +276,20 @@ VOID SendAsyncCallback(LPWININETHANDLEHEADER hdr, DWORD dwContext,
     {
 	WORKREQUEST workRequest;
 	struct WORKREQ_SENDCALLBACK *req;
-	
+	void *lpvStatusInfo_copy = lpvStatusInfo;
+
+	if (lpvStatusInfo)
+	{
+	    lpvStatusInfo_copy = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, dwStatusInfoLength);
+	    memcpy(lpvStatusInfo_copy, lpvStatusInfo, dwStatusInfoLength);
+	}
+
 	workRequest.asyncall = SENDCALLBACK;
 	workRequest.hdr = WININET_AddRef( hdr );
 	req = &workRequest.u.SendCallback;
 	req->dwContext = dwContext;
 	req->dwInternetStatus = dwInternetStatus;
-	req->lpvStatusInfo = lpvStatusInfo;
+	req->lpvStatusInfo = lpvStatusInfo_copy;
 	req->dwStatusInfoLength = dwStatusInfoLength;
 	
 	INTERNET_AsyncCall(&workRequest);