diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/iomgr/driver.c b/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/iomgr/driver.c
index fbe571b44f9..0b0891aea7a 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/iomgr/driver.c
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/iomgr/driver.c
@@ -239,39 +239,44 @@ IopNormalizeImagePath(
          PUNICODE_STRING ImagePath,
     _In_ PUNICODE_STRING ServiceName)
 {
+    UNICODE_STRING SystemRootString = RTL_CONSTANT_STRING(L"\\SystemRoot\\");
+    UNICODE_STRING DriversPathString = RTL_CONSTANT_STRING(L"\\SystemRoot\\system32\\drivers\\");
+    UNICODE_STRING DotSysString = RTL_CONSTANT_STRING(L".sys");
     UNICODE_STRING InputImagePath;
 
     DPRINT("Normalizing image path '%wZ' for service '%wZ'\n", ImagePath, ServiceName);
 
-    RtlCopyMemory(&InputImagePath,
-                  ImagePath,
-                  sizeof(UNICODE_STRING));
-
+    InputImagePath = *ImagePath;
     if (InputImagePath.Length == 0)
     {
         ImagePath->Length = 0;
-        ImagePath->MaximumLength =
-            (33 * sizeof(WCHAR)) + ServiceName->Length + sizeof(UNICODE_NULL);
-        ImagePath->Buffer = ExAllocatePool(NonPagedPool,
-                                           ImagePath->MaximumLength);
+        ImagePath->MaximumLength = DriversPathString.Length +
+                                   ServiceName->Length +
+                                   DotSysString.Length +
+                                   sizeof(UNICODE_NULL);
+        ImagePath->Buffer = ExAllocatePoolWithTag(NonPagedPool,
+                                                  ImagePath->MaximumLength,
+                                                  TAG_IO);
         if (ImagePath->Buffer == NULL)
             return STATUS_NO_MEMORY;
 
-        RtlAppendUnicodeToString(ImagePath, L"\\SystemRoot\\system32\\drivers\\");
+        RtlCopyUnicodeString(ImagePath, &DriversPathString);
         RtlAppendUnicodeStringToString(ImagePath, ServiceName);
-        RtlAppendUnicodeToString(ImagePath, L".sys");
+        RtlAppendUnicodeStringToString(ImagePath, &DotSysString);
     }
     else if (InputImagePath.Buffer[0] != L'\\')
     {
         ImagePath->Length = 0;
-        ImagePath->MaximumLength =
-            12 * sizeof(WCHAR) + InputImagePath.Length + sizeof(UNICODE_NULL);
-        ImagePath->Buffer = ExAllocatePool(NonPagedPool,
-                                           ImagePath->MaximumLength);
+        ImagePath->MaximumLength = SystemRootString.Length +
+                                   InputImagePath.Length +
+                                   sizeof(UNICODE_NULL);
+        ImagePath->Buffer = ExAllocatePoolWithTag(NonPagedPool,
+                                                  ImagePath->MaximumLength,
+                                                  TAG_IO);
         if (ImagePath->Buffer == NULL)
             return STATUS_NO_MEMORY;
 
-        RtlAppendUnicodeToString(ImagePath, L"\\SystemRoot\\");
+        RtlCopyUnicodeString(ImagePath, &SystemRootString);
         RtlAppendUnicodeStringToString(ImagePath, &InputImagePath);
 
         /* Free caller's string */
@@ -319,8 +324,7 @@ IopLoadServiceModule(
         ServiceStart = 0;
 
         /* IopNormalizeImagePath will do all of the work for us if we give it an empty string */
-        ServiceImagePath.Length = ServiceImagePath.MaximumLength = 0;
-        ServiceImagePath.Buffer = NULL;
+        RtlInitEmptyUnicodeString(&ServiceImagePath, NULL, 0);
     }
     else
     {