diff --git a/newbrt/tests/ybt-test.c b/newbrt/tests/ybt-test.c
index bb5991a6e316b78a8d45dcaa52de2c3d3068a699..a5aac4d2e75f3e32291ce37e247a7469a44636b3 100644
--- a/newbrt/tests/ybt-test.c
+++ b/newbrt/tests/ybt-test.c
@@ -13,17 +13,26 @@ static void ybt_test0 (void) {
     DBT  t0,t1;
     toku_init_dbt(&t0);
     toku_init_dbt(&t1);
-        char* temp1 = "hello";
-    toku_dbt_set_value(&t0, (bytevec*)&temp1, 6, &v0, FALSE);
+    {
+	char* temp1 = "hello";
+	char**temp1p = &temp1;
+	toku_dbt_set_value(&t0, (bytevec*)temp1p, 6, &v0, FALSE);
+    }
+    {
         char* temp2 = "foo";
-    toku_dbt_set_value(&t1, (bytevec*)&temp2,   4, &v1, FALSE);
+	char**temp2p = &temp2;
+	toku_dbt_set_value(&t1, (bytevec*)temp2p,   4, &v1, FALSE);
+    }
     assert(t0.size==6);
     assert(strcmp(t0.data, "hello")==0); 
     assert(t1.size==4);
     assert(strcmp(t1.data, "foo")==0);
 
+    {
         char* temp3 = "byebye";
-    toku_dbt_set_value(&t1, (bytevec*)&temp3, 7, &v0, FALSE);      /* Use v0, not v1 */
+	char**temp3p= &temp3;
+	toku_dbt_set_value(&t1, (bytevec*)temp3p, 7, &v0, FALSE);      /* Use v0, not v1 */
+    }
     // This assertion would be wrong, since v0 may have been realloc'd, and t0.data may now point
     // at the wrong place
     //assert(strcmp(t0.data, "byebye")==0);     /* t0's data should be changed too, since it used v0 */
@@ -36,8 +45,11 @@ static void ybt_test0 (void) {
     toku_init_dbt(&t0);
     t0.flags = DB_DBT_USERMEM;
     t0.ulen  = 0;
+    {
         char* temp4 = "hello";
-    toku_dbt_set_value(&t0, (bytevec*)&temp4, 6, 0, FALSE);
+	char**temp4p=&temp4;
+	toku_dbt_set_value(&t0, (bytevec*)temp4p, 6, 0, FALSE);
+    }
     assert(t0.data==0);
     assert(t0.size==6);
 
@@ -45,14 +57,20 @@ static void ybt_test0 (void) {
     toku_init_dbt(&t0);
     t0.flags = DB_DBT_REALLOC;
     v0 = 0;
+    {
         char* temp5 = "internationalization";
-    toku_dbt_set_value(&t0, (bytevec*)&temp5, 21, &v0, FALSE);
+	char**temp5p= &temp5;
+	toku_dbt_set_value(&t0, (bytevec*)temp5p, 21, &v0, FALSE);
+    }
     assert(v0==0); /* Didn't change v0 */
     assert(t0.size==21);
     assert(strcmp(t0.data, "internationalization")==0);
 
+    {
         char* temp6 = "provincial";
-    toku_dbt_set_value(&t0, (bytevec*)&temp6, 11, &v0, FALSE);
+	char**temp6p= &temp6;
+	toku_dbt_set_value(&t0, (bytevec*)temp6p, 11, &v0, FALSE);
+    }
     assert(t0.size==11);
     assert(strcmp(t0.data, "provincial")==0);