diff --git a/lib/yang.c b/lib/yang.c
index a707469a7881..0998133a5a25 100644
--- a/lib/yang.c
+++ b/lib/yang.c
@@ -745,6 +745,7 @@ struct ly_ctx *yang_ctx_new_setup(bool embedded_modules, bool explicit_compile)
 {
 	struct ly_ctx *ctx = NULL;
 	const char *yang_models_path = YANG_MODELS_PATH;
+	uint options;
 	LY_ERR err;
 
 	if (access(yang_models_path, R_OK | X_OK)) {
@@ -758,7 +759,7 @@ struct ly_ctx *yang_ctx_new_setup(bool embedded_modules, bool explicit_compile)
 				     YANG_MODELS_PATH);
 	}
 
-	uint options = LY_CTX_NO_YANGLIBRARY | LY_CTX_DISABLE_SEARCHDIR_CWD;
+	options = LY_CTX_NO_YANGLIBRARY | LY_CTX_DISABLE_SEARCHDIR_CWD;
 	if (explicit_compile)
 		options |= LY_CTX_EXPLICIT_COMPILE;
 	err = ly_ctx_new(yang_models_path, options, &ctx);
diff --git a/mgmtd/mgmt_main.c b/mgmtd/mgmt_main.c
index 793161dc3204..f0fb7f8a7b85 100644
--- a/mgmtd/mgmt_main.c
+++ b/mgmtd/mgmt_main.c
@@ -189,12 +189,33 @@ static void mgmt_vrf_terminate(void)
 extern const struct frr_yang_module_info frr_staticd_info;
 #endif
 
+
+/*
+ * These are stub info structs that are used to load the modules used by backend
+ * clients into mgmtd. The modules are used by libyang in order to support
+ * parsing binary data returns from the backend.
+ */
+const struct frr_yang_module_info zebra_info = {
+	.name = "frr-zebra",
+	.ignore_cbs = true,
+	.nodes = { { .xpath = NULL } },
+};
+
+const struct frr_yang_module_info affinity_map_info = {
+	.name = "frr-affinity-map",
+	.ignore_cbs = true,
+	.nodes = { { .xpath = NULL } },
+};
+
+const struct frr_yang_module_info zebra_route_map_info = {
+	.name = "frr-zebra-route-map",
+	.ignore_cbs = true,
+	.nodes = { { .xpath = NULL } },
+};
+
 /*
  * List of YANG modules to be loaded in the process context of
  * MGMTd.
- *
- * NOTE: In future this will also include the YANG modules of
- * all individual Backend clients.
  */
 static const struct frr_yang_module_info *const mgmt_yang_modules[] = {
 	&frr_filter_info,
@@ -202,21 +223,15 @@ static const struct frr_yang_module_info *const mgmt_yang_modules[] = {
 	&frr_route_map_info,
 	&frr_routing_info,
 	&frr_vrf_info,
-/*
- * YANG module info supported by backend clients get added here.
- * NOTE: Always set .ignore_cbs true for to avoid validating
- * backend configuration northbound callbacks during loading.
- */
-	&(struct frr_yang_module_info){ .name = "frr-zebra",
-					.ignore_cbs = true },
+
 	/*
-	 * TO support LYD_LYB parsing we have to include all the modules that
-	 * backend clients include.
+	 * YANG module info used by backend clients get added here.
 	 */
-	&(struct frr_yang_module_info){ .name = "frr-affinity-map",
-		.ignore_cbs = true },
-	&(struct frr_yang_module_info){ .name = "frr-zebra-route-map",
-		.ignore_cbs = true },
+
+	&zebra_info,
+	&affinity_map_info,
+	&zebra_route_map_info,
+
 #ifdef HAVE_STATICD
 	&frr_staticd_info,
 #endif
diff --git a/tests/lib/test_darr.c b/tests/lib/test_darr.c
index 1111b80eaabe..f297b7c714c4 100644
--- a/tests/lib/test_darr.c
+++ b/tests/lib/test_darr.c
@@ -343,13 +343,10 @@ static void test_string(void)
 	assert(darr_strlen(da1) == srclen);
 	assert(darr_cap(da1) >= 128);
 
-	da2 = da1;
-	darr_in_strdup_cap(da1, src, 1024);
-	assert(da1 != da2);
+	darr_in_strdup_cap(da1, src, 256);
 	assert(darr_strlen(da1) == srclen);
-	assert(darr_cap(da1) >= 1024);
+	assert(darr_cap(da1) >= 256);
 	darr_free(da1);
-	da2 = NULL;
 
 	da1 = darr_strdup_cap(add, 2);
 	assert(darr_strlen(da1) == addlen);