diff --git a/src/pulsecore/tagstruct.c b/src/pulsecore/tagstruct.c
index 92bace277..fb412a4a2 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/tagstruct.c
+++ b/src/pulsecore/tagstruct.c
@@ -570,10 +570,11 @@ int pa_tagstruct_get_proplist(pa_tagstruct *t, pa_proplist *p) {
         return -1;
 
     saved_rindex = t->rindex;
+    t->rindex++;
 
     for (;;) {
         const char *k;
-        void *d;
+        const void *d;
         uint32_t length;
 
         if (pa_tagstruct_gets(t, &k) < 0)
@@ -588,17 +589,11 @@ int pa_tagstruct_get_proplist(pa_tagstruct *t, pa_proplist *p) {
         if (length > MAX_TAG_SIZE)
             goto fail;
 
-        d = pa_xmalloc(length);
-
-        if (pa_tagstruct_get_arbitrary(t, d, length) < 0)
+        if (pa_tagstruct_get_arbitrary(t, &d, length) < 0)
             goto fail;
 
-        if (pa_proplist_set(p, k, d, length) < 0) {
-            pa_xfree(d);
+        if (pa_proplist_set(p, k, d, length) < 0)
             goto fail;
-        }
-
-        pa_xfree(d);
     }
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/src/pulsecore/tagstruct.h b/src/pulsecore/tagstruct.h
index 8846b3017..8699e6c8c 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/tagstruct.h
+++ b/src/pulsecore/tagstruct.h
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 #include <pulse/channelmap.h>
 #include <pulse/volume.h>
 #include <pulse/proplist.h>
+#include <pulse/gccmacro.h>
+
+#include <pulsecore/macro.h>
 
 typedef struct pa_tagstruct pa_tagstruct;