diff --git a/src/RemoteSerializer.cc b/src/RemoteSerializer.cc
index cfd20eba39..564ad2be68 100644
--- a/src/RemoteSerializer.cc
+++ b/src/RemoteSerializer.cc
@@ -2897,11 +2897,6 @@ void RemoteSerializer::GotID(ID* id, Val* val)
 					(desc && *desc) ? desc : "not set"),
 			current_peer);
 
-#ifdef USE_PERFTOOLS_DEBUG
-		// May still be cached, but we don't care.
-		heap_checker->IgnoreObject(id);
-#endif
-
 		Unref(id);
 		return;
 		}
diff --git a/src/Val.cc b/src/Val.cc
index 8a8c2b18c0..79fa8a0c69 100644
--- a/src/Val.cc
+++ b/src/Val.cc
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Val::~Val()
 
 	Unref(type);
 #ifdef DEBUG
-	Unref(bound_id);
+	delete [] bound_id;
 #endif
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/Val.h b/src/Val.h
index 2ca18e6131..c3ec5b04fb 100644
--- a/src/Val.h
+++ b/src/Val.h
@@ -347,13 +347,15 @@ public:
 #ifdef DEBUG
 	// For debugging, we keep a reference to the global ID to which a
 	// value has been bound *last*.
-	ID* GetID() const	{ return bound_id; }
+	ID* GetID() const
+		{
+		return bound_id ? global_scope()->Lookup(bound_id) : 0;
+		}
+
 	void SetID(ID* id)
 		{
-		if ( bound_id )
-			::Unref(bound_id);
-		bound_id = id;
-		::Ref(bound_id);
+		delete [] bound_id;
+		bound_id = id ? copy_string(id->Name()) : 0;
 		}
 #endif
 
@@ -401,8 +403,8 @@ protected:
 	RecordVal* attribs;
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
-	// For debugging, we keep the ID to which a Val is bound.
-	ID* bound_id;
+	// For debugging, we keep the name of the ID to which a Val is bound.
+	const char* bound_id;
 #endif
 
 };