diff --git a/Lib/csharp/std_string.i b/Lib/csharp/std_string.i
index 6642c8d2b..219a511b1 100644
--- a/Lib/csharp/std_string.i
+++ b/Lib/csharp/std_string.i
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ class string;
     return $null;
    }
    /* possible thread/reentrant code problem */
-   static std::string $1_str($input);
+   static std::string $1_str;
+   $1_str = $input;
    $result = &$1_str; %}
 
 %typemap(directorin) const string & %{ $input = SWIG_csharp_string_callback($1.c_str()); %}
diff --git a/Lib/java/std_string.i b/Lib/java/std_string.i
index 83f67b29c..38e936b04 100644
--- a/Lib/java/std_string.i
+++ b/Lib/java/std_string.i
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ class string;
    const char *$1_pstr = (const char *)jenv->GetStringUTFChars($input, 0); 
    if (!$1_pstr) return $null;
    /* possible thread/reentrant code problem */
-   static std::string $1_str($1_pstr);
+   static std::string $1_str;
+   $1_str = $1_pstr;
    $result = &$1_str;
    jenv->ReleaseStringUTFChars($input, $1_pstr); %}