diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bcb28d49c..a89f01896 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 ### Changed
 
 ### Fixed
+- Zigbee fix crash on ESP8266 #17397
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_23_zigbee_7_7_plugin.ino b/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_23_zigbee_7_7_plugin.ino
index 75adbc203..f6cc778d5 100644
--- a/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_23_zigbee_7_7_plugin.ino
+++ b/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_23_zigbee_7_7_plugin.ino
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ bool ZbLoad_inner(const char *filename, File &fp) {
     if (filename_imported == nullptr) {
       // allocate only once the filename for multiple entries
       // freed only by `ZbUnload`
-      filename_imported = (char*) malloc(strlen(filename)+1);
-      strcpy(filename_imported, filename);
+      filename_imported = (char*) malloc(strlen_P(filename)+1);
+      strcpy_P(filename_imported, filename);
     }
 
     // there is a non-empty line, containing no space/tab/crlf