diff --git a/server/accounts.go b/server/accounts.go
index 3217d5cf8f2..33f926b10c5 100644
--- a/server/accounts.go
+++ b/server/accounts.go
@@ -3869,7 +3869,7 @@ func fetchAccount(res AccountResolver, name string) (string, error) {
 	if !nkeys.IsValidPublicAccountKey(name) {
 		return _EMPTY_, fmt.Errorf("will only fetch valid account keys")
 	}
-	return res.Fetch(name)
+	return res.Fetch(copyString(name))
 }
 
 // AccountResolver interface. This is to fetch Account JWTs by public nkeys
diff --git a/server/client.go b/server/client.go
index e5b08c3f42f..be1f72ef10d 100644
--- a/server/client.go
+++ b/server/client.go
@@ -5668,7 +5668,7 @@ func (c *client) getAccAndResultFromCache() (*Account, *SublistResult) {
 			}
 		} else {
 			// Match correct account and sublist.
-			if acc, _ = c.srv.LookupAccount(string(c.pa.account)); acc == nil {
+			if acc, _ = c.srv.LookupAccount(bytesToString(c.pa.account)); acc == nil {
 				return nil, nil
 			}
 		}